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PublisherRoutledge

ISBN-100415412331

ISBN-139780415412339

eBay Product ID (ePID)62272870

Product Key Features

Number of Pages250 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameIndustrial Vagina : the Political Economy of the Global Sex Trade

SubjectGender Studies, Women in Business, International Relations / General, General, Prostitution & Sex Trade

Publication Year2008

TypeTextbook

AuthorSheila Jeffreys

Subject AreaPolitical Science, Social Science, Business & Economics

SeriesRipe Series in Global Political Economy Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight9.6 Oz

Item Length7.8 in

Item Width5.2 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN2008-021869

Reviews'The strength of Jeffreys' new work lies in just how many aspects of the sex industry she covers, and her understanding of their intersections.' Julia Bindel, The Guardian

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Edition22

Dewey Decimal306.74/2

Table Of ContentIntroduction: From pimping to a profitable market sector 1. Feminists and the Global Sex Industry: Cheerleaders or Critics? 2. Marriage in the Global Sex Industry 3. The International Political Economy of Pornography 4. The Strip Club Boom 5. Military Prostitution Chapter 6. Prostitution Tourism: women as men's leisure 7. Supplying the demand: the traffic in women 8. The State as Pimp: legalizing prostitution. Conclusion: Rolling back the global sex industry

SynopsisThe industrialization of prostitution and the sex trade has created a multibillion-dollar global market, involving millions of women, that makes a substantial contribution to national and global economies. The Industrial Vagina examines how prostitution and other aspects of the sex industry have moved from being small-scale, clandestine, and socially despised practices to become very profitable legitimate market sectors that are being legalised and decriminalised by governments. Sheila Jeffreys demonstrates how prostitution has been globalized through an examination of: the growth of pornography and its new global reach the boom in adult shops, strip clubs and escort agencies military prostitution and sexual violence in war marriage and the mail order bride industry the rise in sex tourism and trafficking in women. She argues that through these practices women's subordination has been outsourced and that states that legalise this industry are acting as pimps, enabling male buyers in countries in which women's equality threatens male dominance, to buy access to the bodies of women from poor countries who are paid for their sexual subservience. This major and provocative contribution is essential reading for all with an interest in feminist, gender and critical globalisation issues as well as students and scholars of international political economy., This book demonstrates the importance of the global sex industry to the field of international politics, exploring the development of the industry and the wider social implications.

LC Classification NumberHQ117.J45 2009