Sporting girls, streetwalkers, and inmates of houses of Ill repute: Media narratives and the historical mutability of prostitution stigmas

Sociological Perspectives

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 119-138

  Hallgrímsdóttir, Helga Kristin ^a   Phillips, Rachel ^a   Benoit, Cecilia ^a   Walby, Kevin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Media narratives; Prostitution; Sex industry; Stigmas

Indexed keywords

EID: 40449118727     PISSN: 07311214     EISSN: 15338673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/sop.2008.51.1.119     Document Type: Article

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