The Industrial Vagina: The Political Economy of the Global Sex Trade

by Sheila Jeffreys

Book Overview

The industrialization of prostitution and the sex trade has created a multibillion-dollar global market, involving millions of women, that makes a substantial contribution to national and global economies.

The Industrial Vagina examines how prostitution and other aspects of the sex industry have moved from being small-scale, clandestine, and socially despised practices to become very profitable legitimate market sectors that are being legalised...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415412331
• ISBN13: 9780415412339
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.2" x 7.6"