Vice careers: The changing contours of sex work in New York City

Qualitative Sociology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 129-154

  Murphy, Alexandra K ^a   Venkatesh, Sudhir Alladi ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Career; Ethnography; Mobility; Profession; Prostitution; Sex work

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747662393     PISSN: 01620436     EISSN: 15737837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11133-006-9012-2     Document Type: Article

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