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Red Light Labour : Sex Work Regulation, Agency, and Resistance
Overview
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.
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- ISBN-13: 9780774838245
- ISBN-10: 0774838248
- Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
- Publish Date: September 2018
- Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1.2 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.36 pounds
- Page Count: 392
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