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Reconfiguring Stigma in Studies of Sex for Sale is about the
production and effects of stigma in sex work or prostitution with
contributions from four continents and different disciplines that
taken together explore how such stigma is conditioned by
differences in time, place, citizenship, gender, sexuality, class
and race. Stigma is about relationships between people and also
sets an interpretative frame whereby people understand and react to
situations and actions, and the book is developed and organized to
investigate this from various angles. It presents empirical studies
that build on and expand the scholarship on stigma and sex work.
This means that it contributes to a more complex understanding of
stigma in sex work studies. Further, by using the example of sew
work to explore how we can best understand the production and
consequences of stigma, the book makes a contribution that is
relevant for all scholars who work on stigma and stigmatization.
The book is intended for academic audiences interested in sex work
or prostitution, on the one hand, and stigmatization, on the other.
It is also intended for students in a broad range of disciplines,
as well as for practitioners and activists who encounter or work
with stigmatization or stigmatized populations.
Challenging the stereotypical images of the dominating male and the
subservient woman, "Machos, Mistresses, Madonnas" addresses the
variety of representations of gender in Latin American culture.
Ranging across homosexuality, prostitution, football, politics and
ethnic relations, this fascinating study analyzes the many potent
images of gender, from Maradona, the child trickster of Argentinian
football, to La Malinche, mistress of a conquistador and traitor to
her nation.
Based on social anthropological fieldwork, the essays in "Machos,
Mistresses, Madonnas" present rich ethnographic material drawn from
a variety of locations in Latin America, from Mexico City to the
highlands of Ecuador. Paying particular attention to the cultural
and symbolic meanings of gender research in the region, together
the essays reveal the central role of gender differences in the
making of ethnic, national, political and economic divisions.
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