Backstreets

Prostitution, Money, and Love

Cecilie Høigård, Liv Finstad (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

232 Seiten

1992
Pennsylvania State University Press (Verlag)
978-0-271-00878-3 (ISBN)

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Backstreets is about prostitution. It allows the individuals who participate in it—prostitutes, pimps, and those who buy sexual services—to tell their own stories in their own words. Women, for example, explain why they become prostitutes and how they experience the daily sequence of "tricks." Men discuss why they become customers of prostitutes and what they get out of the experience. Pimps describe how they see themselves and the prostitutes upon whom they depend.

The authors have studied the prostitution market of Oslo for over ten years. Their research has involved extensive interviews with participants, observation of Oslo's prostitution district, personal interaction with prostitute women, and analysis of city police records. They conclude that prostitution is embedded in the gender relations of an economically stratified society and that those who experience prostitution over an extended period of time suffer deep emotional damage.

Cecilie Høigård is Professor of Criminology at the University of Oslo. She has written books about prostitution, social work/welfare, and unemployment. Liv Finstad is Director and Lecturer of Criminology at the University of Oslo and president of the Scandinavian Research Council for Criminology. She has written various books and articles about prostitution, prisons, drug abuse, treatment programs, and social work.

Verlagsort	Pennsylvania
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	354 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Partnerschaft / Sexualität
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Sexualität / Partnerschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften
ISBN-10	0-271-00878-4 / 0271008784
ISBN-13	978-0-271-00878-3 / 9780271008783
Zustand	Neuware