‘Been there, seen it, Done it, i’ve got the t-shirt’: British sex worker’s reject on jobs, hopes, the future and retirement

Feminist Review

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 111-132

  Rickard, Wendy ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Curriculum vitae; Future; Job; Life history; Retirement; Sex work

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035285815     PISSN: 01417789     EISSN: 14664380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01417780150514547     Document Type: Article

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