Sex work and language by Benedict J.L. Rowlett, Rodrigo Borba ISBN 104324/9781003397250 instant download

Sex work and language by Benedict J.L. Rowlett, Rodrigo Borba ISBN 104324/9781003397250 instant download

While there is a burgeoning literature on sex work in the social sciences,
there has been little work to date centering it from a linguistic perspective.
Chapters make the case for language as central to sex work practices and
the transactions of intimacy in the negotiation of services, promotional
strategies and the performance of desire. Featuring insights from diverse
geographic contexts, the chapters critically reflect on different dimensions
of language and sex work, including sex work, gender and desire; online
sex work; sex work and race; sex worker advocacy; and the language of
victimization and exploitation. The volume illuminates the ways in which
commercial sex work is negotiated in embodied linguistic interaction and
attendant issues of power, identity, gender, race and desire.
This book systematizes the body of growing knowledge about language
and sex work from an interdisciplinary lens. It is key reading for scholars,
policymakers and activists in sociolinguistics and discourse analysis, as
well as fields such as anthropology, sociology, criminology and health and
social care.