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Sex Work and the City - The Social Geography of Health and Safety in Tijuana, Mexico (Paperback)
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Sex Work and the City - The Social Geography of Health and Safety in Tijuana, Mexico (Paperback)
Series: Inter-America Series
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A gateway at the U.S.-Mexico border, Tijuana is a complex urban
center with a sizeable population of sex workers. An in-depth case
study of the trade, Sex Work and the City is the first major
ethnographic publication on contemporary prostitution in this
locale, providing a detailed analysis of how sex workers'
experiences and practices are shaped by policing and regulation.
Contextualizing her research within the realm of occupational risk,
Yasmina Katsulis examines the experiences of a diverse range of sex
workers in the region and explores the implications of
prostitution, particularly regarding the spheres of class
hierarchies, public health, and other broad social effects. Based
on eighteen months of intensive fieldwork and nearly 400 interviews
with sex workers, customers, city officials, police, local health
providers, and advocates, Sex Work and the City describes the
arenas of power and the potential for disenfranchisement created by
municipal laws designed to regulate the trade. Providing a detailed
analysis of this subculture's significance within Tijuana and its
implications for debates over legalization of "vice" elsewhere in
the world, Katsulis draws on powerful narratives as workers
describe the risks of their world, ranging from HIV/AIDS and rape
(by police or customers) to depression, work-related stress, drug
and alcohol addiction, and social stigma. Insightful and
compelling, Sex Work and the City captures the lives (and deaths)
of a population whose industry has broad implications for
contemporary society at large.
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