| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 413 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 358-402) and index. |
| Contents |
Setting the framework : prostitution in the 21st century -- Institutionalising men's rights to women's bodies : legislation (1982-1997) -- From prostitutes' right to sex industry advocates : the history of the prostitutes' collective of Victoria -- Living off the earnings of prostitution : sex industry expansion and its beneficiaries -- Unregulated and illegal : clandestine prostitution under Victoria's "model legislation" -- Victoria's "safe sex agenda" : occupational health and safety for the sex industry -- Rape and violence as occupational hazards -- Making men's demand visible. |
| Summary |
Discussing the practicalities of brothels as regular businesses, this work unearths facts about both the legal and illegal sectors. Covering issues such as violence, organised crime, women's health, and mainstream businesses' involvement in the sex trade, it gives an insight into the sex industry. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Prostitution -- Australia -- Victoria.
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Prostitution. |
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Australia. |
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Victoria. |
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Prostitution -- Government policy -- Australia -- Victoria.
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Prostitution -- Government policy. |
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Prostitution -- Economic aspects -- Australia -- Victoria.
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Prostitution -- Economic aspects. |
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Prostitutes -- Australia -- Victoria.
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Prostitutes. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Female prostitution. |
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Prostitution. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Sullivan, Mary Lucille, 1950- Making sex work. North Melbourne, Vic., Australia : Spinifex, 2007 (DLC) 2007407177 |
| ISBN |
1876756608 (paperback) |
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9781876756604 (paperback) |
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9781742191249 (electronic book) |
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174219124X (electronic book) |
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9781742194394 (electronic book) |
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1742194397 (electronic book) |
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