Not For Sale: Feminists Resisting Prostitution and Pornography - Softcover

C. Stark; Rebecca Whisnant

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1876756497 ISBN 13: 9781876756499

Publisher: Spinifex Press, 2004

Synopsis

As prostitution and pornography increasingly saturate our lives and our communities, they are also becoming normalised and accepted as harmless entertainment for men and as legitimate, even liberating, forms of work for women. Not For Sale brings the feminist movement against prostitution and pornography into the 21st century, showing how these industries cause grievous harm to those within them while undermining the possibilities for gender justice, human equality, and truly diverse and joyful sexual relationships. The essays collected here connect feminist perspectives on the sex industry with radical critiques of racism, poverty, militarism, and unbridled corporate capitalism, and show how the harms of prostitution and pornography are amplified by contemporary technologies of mass communication. Bringing together research, testimony, and theory by more than thirty writers and activists from different countries and generations, including a number of courageous industry survivors, the book is both a vital contribution to ongoing debates and a call to action and resistance.

About this title

Product Description:

Prostitution and pornography are linked with racism and male dominance as well as with imperialism, militarism (including torture) and global corporate culture. The result is devastating harm for women and children within these industries. Subjected to physical and psychological violence - poverty, drug addiction and homelessness are their usual companions. With its mix of personal stories, theory, research, testimony, and accounts of current activism, Not For Sale will be an invaluable resource for all those seeking to inform themselves about the realities of the sex business and will serve to strengthen and broaden feminist resistance to pornography and prostitution.

Review:

"The range and quality of the articles makes "Not For Sale" a must read for anyone seeking to understand the opposition to prostitution." --"NWSA Journal"

"Loving and militant, practical and prophetic, this book collects the least compromised writing on a most crucial problem of our time--even the bottom line issue of all time." --Catharine A. MacKinnon, Elizabeth A. Long Professor of Law, University of Michigan

"As this brilliant and timely collection makes clear, men who respect and value women--not to mention social justice and human rights--must not avert our eyes from the sexual exploitation of women and children all around us." --Jackson Katz, cofounder, Mentors in Violence Prevention

About this edition

• Publisher: Spinifex Press
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1876756497
• ISBN 13: 9781876756499
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 480