Sex work for the middle classes

Sexualities

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 473-488

  Bernstein, Elizabeth ^a  

^a Barnard College of Columbia University   (United States)

Author keywords

Authenticity; Class; Postindustrialism; Sex work; Technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548751234     PISSN: 13634607     EISSN: 14617382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363460707080984     Document Type: Article

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