Sexing up the subject: Methodological nuances in researching the female sex industry

Sexualities

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 449-468

  Sanders, Teela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collaborative research; Ethics; Ethnography; Qualitative methods; Sex work

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748789849     PISSN: 13634607     EISSN: 14617382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363460706068044     Document Type: Review

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