Never Innocent Victims: Street Sex Workers in Canadian Print Media

Violence Against Women

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 6-25

  Strega, Susan ^a   Janzen, Caitlin ^a   Morgan, Jeannie ^b   Brown, Leslie ^a   Thomas, Robina ^a   Carriére, Jeannine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

discourse analysis; media; prostitution; sex work

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CANADA; CRIME VICTIM; DISCOURSE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MASS MEDIUM; MEDIA; PROSTITUTION; STEREOTYPING;

DISCOURSE ANALYSIS; MEDIA; PROSTITUTION; SEX WORK;

ATTITUDE; CANADA; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS MEDIA; PROSTITUTION; SEX WORKERS; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 84894549014     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: 15528448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077801213520576     Document Type: Article

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