Lisa Maher: Sexed Work : Gender, Race and Resistance in a ..., Waitakere in Waitakere, Auckland for sale
xiii, [3], 279, [1] pages. This is the first detailed account of the economic lives of women drug users. It is located at the boundaries of three disciplines - criminology, anthropology, and sociology - and based on three years of in-depth ethnographic fieldwork in New York City. Set in a neighbourhood plagued by drug use and AIDS, the book reveals the economic lives of a group of women whose options have been severely circumscribed, not only by drug use, but also by poverty, racism, violence, and enduring marginality. It is a fascinating account, with Maher drawing extensively on the women's own words, describing how structures and relations of gender, race and class, are articulated by divisions of labour in the street-level drug economy. The book challenges the impoverished set of characterizations which dominate the literature, critiquing both feminist and non-feminist representations that view women lawbreakers as driven by forces beyond their control. It graphically illustrates the role of the drug economy as a site of cultural reproduction by drawing attention to the specific practices by which gender and race dimensions of inequality are constituted and contested in street-level drug markets. This is a rich, nuanced, and theoretically sophisticated study of"crime as work"which will be compelling reading for all those interested in the ways in which women deal with the intersection of gender, race, and e of Contents1. Readings of Victimization and Volition; 2. Taking it on the Street; 3. Gender, Work, and Informalization; 4. A Reserve Army: Women and the Drug Market; 5. Jobs for the Boyz: Street Hustles; 6. A Hard Road to Ho: Sexwork; 7. Intersectionalities: Gender, Race and Class; 8. The Reproduction of Inequalities; Appendix: On Reflexivity, Reciprocity, and Ethnographic Research.; 8vo
Lisa Maher: Sexed Work : Gender, Race and Resistance in a Brooklyn Drug Market [Series Title: Clarendon Studies in Criminology]
Author
Lisa Maher
Title
Sexed Work : Gender, Race and Resistance in a Brooklyn Drug Market [Series Title: Clarendon Studies in Criminology]
Publisher name
Clarendon Press, Oxford
Shipping time
2 - 5 days
Publication year
1997
Edition
First edition
Binding type
Hard cover
Listing condition
Used
Vendor name
Renaissance Books
Vendor rating
Key words
Criminology Drug Abuse Minority Women Sociology Su
Abebof326d