The ‘subject’ of prostitution: Interpreting the discursive, symbolic and material position of sex/work in feminist theory

Feminist Theory

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 343-355

  Scoular, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

identity; post modernism; prostitution; sex work; violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748531505     PISSN: 14647001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1464700104046983     Document Type: Article

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