Selling Sex: A Hidden History of Prostitution - Softcover

Frances, Raelene

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0868409014 ISBN 13: 9780868409016

Publisher: UNSW Press, 2007

Synopsis

Selling Sex provides the first comprehensive history of prostitution in Australia from before European colonisation to the present, and situates this history within an international context of labour migration and policy formation. It draws on extensive archival research and interviews to chart the ways in which prostitution contributed not just to women’s economic survival but also to broader processes of colonisation and nation-building.

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Review

'Gay life seems to have disappeared like the Cheshire Cat, leaving just a cheeky grin. Reynolds explains where it's now hiding. The radical, the uber-gay, the clone, the clubber, the homeboy - they're all here, talking to Reynolds, and what they have to say about being gay now makes for an engrossing, confronting and often very moving book.' - Robert Dessaix

Synopsis

This is the only such book to be attempted in Australia. It covers over 200 years of history, and includes discussion of sexual exchange in Australia prior to European colonisation. It is relevant to the whole of Australia as well as having a strong international dimension: the content is based on extensive research from archives in all Australian capital cities as well as London and Geneva and draws on oral interviews with women over a period of more than 25 years. It makes extensive use of narratives, individual life stories and the 'voices' of prostitutes to construct an engaging, accessible text."Selling Sex" provides the first comprehensive history of prostitution in Australia from before European colonisation to the present, and situates this history within an international context of labour migration and policy formation. It draws on extensive archival research and interviews to chart the ways in which prostitution contributed not just to women's economic survival but also to broader processes of colonisation and nation-building.

Edition details

• Publisher: UNSW Press
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0868409014
• ISBN 13: 9780868409016
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 368