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Red Light Labour: Sex Work Regulation, Agency, and Resistance

Emily Van Der Meulen

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In 2013, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled in Canada v. Bedford that key prostitution laws were unconstitutional. Red Light Labour addresses the new legal regime regulating sex work by analyzing how laws and those who uphold them have constructed, controlled, and criminalized sex workers, their clients, and their workspaces. This groundbreaking collection also offers nuanced interpretations of commercial sexual labour from the perspectives of workers, activists, and researchers. The contributors highlight the struggle for civic and social inclusion by considering sex workers’ advocacy tactics, successes, and challenges. A timely legal, policy, and social analysis of sex work in Canada.

Pages: 392

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: University of British Columbia Press

Release: September 01, 2018

ISBN: 077483823X

ISBN 13: 9780774838238

Red Light Labour: Sex Work Regulation, Agency, and Resistance

Emily Van Der Meulen

4.5/5 ( ratings)

In 2013, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled in Canada v. Bedford that key prostitution laws were unconstitutional. Red Light Labour addresses the new legal regime regulating sex work by analyzing how laws and those who uphold them have constructed, controlled, and criminalized sex workers, their clients, and their workspaces. This groundbreaking collection also offers nuanced interpretations of commercial sexual labour from the perspectives of workers, activists, and researchers. The contributors highlight the struggle for civic and social inclusion by considering sex workers’ advocacy tactics, successes, and challenges. A timely legal, policy, and social analysis of sex work in Canada.

Pages: 392

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: University of British Columbia Press

Release: September 01, 2018

ISBN: 077483823X

ISBN 13: 9780774838238

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