Sex at the Margins: Migration, Labour Markets and the Rescue Industry

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Praise for this Book; About the Author; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Sexual Commotion ; Media Panic; Notes; 2 Working to Travel, Travelling to Work ; Travel and Travellers to Europe; Hybrid Categories: Tourists that Work and Working Travellers; What and Who Is a Migrant?; The Concept of Labour Migrations; 'Feminisation' and Gender in Migration; Ways of Leaving and Arriving; Trips to Work in the Sex Industry; 'Trafficking': A New Keyword; Autonomy in a Space of Flows; Living in More than One Place; Notes ; 3 A World of Services ; Undefined Sectors, Undefinable Jobs.;This groundbreaking book explodes several myths: that selling sex is completely different from any other kind of work; that migrants who sell sex are passive victims; and that the multitude of people out to save them are without self-interest. Laura Agustín argues that the label 'trafficked' does not accurately describe migrants' lives and that the 'rescue industry' disempowers them. Based on extensive research amongst migrants who sell sex and social helpers, Sex at the Margins provides a radically different analysis. Frequently, says Agustín, migrants make rational choices to travel and work. Praise for this Book About the Author Table of Contents Acknowledgements 1 Sexual Commotion Media Panic Notes 2 Working to Travel, Travelling to Work Travel and Travellers to Europe Hybrid Categories: Tourists that Work and Working Travellers What and Who Is a Migrant? The Concept of Labour Migrations 'Feminisation' and Gender in Migration Ways of Leaving and Arriving Trips to Work in the Sex Industry 'Trafficking': A New Keyword Autonomy in a Space of Flows Living in More than One Place Notes 3 A World of Services Undefined Sectors, Undefinable Jobs. Introducing Sex into the EquationBeyond Ideology The Sex Industry 'Different' Identities: Gender, Age, Ethnicity The Demand for Services The Motivation to Buy Sex Buying Services Away from Home Marriage Notes 4 The Rise of the Social -- and of 'Prostitution' Before the Invention of 'Prostitution' The Rise of the Social -- and the Family The Drive to 'Do Something about Prostitution' Occupied by Women: Cross-class Accounts The Creation of Suitable Jobs for Women The Work of Helping 'Prostitutes' The Voice of the Subject Notes 5 Grasping the Thing Itself: Methodology. Why Do Field Work?Studying 'Up' Standpoints My Own (Shifting) Position in the Field A Delicate Silence Projects to Help People Who Sell Sex Notes 6 From Charity to Solidarity: In the Field with Helpers Item 1: Imposing Solidarity Item 2: A Culture of Indignation Item 3: The Religious Social Item 4: Culture Clash Item 5: The Bitterness of Betrayal Item 6 Publications: Never for Women Who Sell Sex Item 7: A Different Morality Item 8: Pragmatism in the Provinces Making Sense of the Field Work Notes 7 Partial Truths Notes Works Cited Primary Sources Index.