Bibliograph

On the game, women and sex work, Sophie Day

Type

Label

On the game, women and sex work, Sophie Day

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 246-261) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

On the game

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Sophie Day

Series statement

Anthropology, culture and society

Sub title

women and sex work

Summary

An ethnographic account of prostitutes and prostitution, 'On the Game' details the attempts of individual women involved in the sex industry to manage their lives against a backdrop of social disapproval., ***Winner of the Eileen Basker Prize and the Wellcome Medal for Anthropology as Applied to Medical Problems****BR**BR*On the Game is an ethnographic account of prostitutes and prostitution. Sophie Day has followed the lives of individual women over fifteen years, and her book details their attempts to manage their lives against a backdrop of social disapproval. The period was one of substantial change within the sex industry.*BR**BR*Through the lens of public health, economics, criminalisation and human rights, Day explores how individual sex workers live, in public and in private. This offers a unique perspective on contemporary capitalist society that will be of interest both to a broad range of social scientists.*BR**BR*The author brings a unique perspective to her work -- as both an anthropologist and the founder of the renowned Praed Street Project, set up in 1986, as a referral and support centre for London prostitutes

Target audience

specialized

Classification