Sociology
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Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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From NEW! A Bad CollarFrom: Vancouver Vice |
This chapter examines the West End at the beginning of the 1980s, a situation Maclean’s magazine called "a curbside brothel open from noon to 4 a.m., seven days a week." It also … | Aaron Chapman | 13 | 2021 | $1.30 Add |
From Everyone is ScammingFrom: Rock Paper Sex |
The firsthand account of a sex worker in St. John’s Newfoundland named Matt. A discussion about the experience of being a disabled sex worker. Topics include safety, pay rates, and legal … | Keri Cull | 9 | 2017 | $0.90 Add |
From Going BackFrom: The Teen Sex Trade |
After a brief time away from the sex trade to graduate high school a black Nova Scotian woman goes with her boyfriend to Toronto to work as a stripper and sex worker as a way to show him how good … | Jade M. Brooks | 18 | 2017 | $1.80 Add |
From Killed ItPart 4: Selling the Fantasy From: This is My Real Name |
Chapter 10 recounts Brunet’s time in Burlington, Ontario. Topics discussed include Diamonds strip club, performative fantasy, cosmetic surgery, jealousy, and more. | Cid V Brunet | 11 | 2021 | $1.10 Add |
From Race and EthnicityFrom: How Societies Work |
In this Chapter: What is racism, and what are its roots? Do racism and other forms of social intolerance exist in Canada? How do various social theories explain the persistence of racism? What is … | Joanne Naiman | 24 | 2012 | $3.84 Add |
From What I’ve Become |
In this chapter, the author interviews a man who has bought sex for two decades. He can’t live without the thrill of his clandestine “other” life, and the thrill caused by his … | Kerri Cull | 8 | 2021 | $0.80 Add |
From NEW! ComprimisedFrom: Vancouver Vice |
In this chapter, Chapman described the end of the West End sex trade, and the consequences of this for Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. | Aaron Chapman | 8 | 2021 | $0.80 Add |
From Gender IssuesFrom: How Societies Work |
- | Joanne Naiman | 24 | 2012 | $3.84 Add |
From Home AgainFrom: The Teen Sex Trade |
A young black woman recounts how she became pregnant and quit school and how her boyfriend forces her to get an abortion which becomes the reason she finally leaves him. | Jade M. Brooks | 14 | 2017 | $1.40 Add |
From Language and TraumaAn Interview with Cheryl Coleman, Formerly of the Blue Door |
This chapter is an interview with a woman who worked with a program that helped women exit the sex trade. | Kerri Cull | 18 | 2021 | $1.80 Add |
From The Best Strip Club in CanadaPart 4: Selling the Fantasy From: This is My Real Name |
Chapter 11 explores Brunet’s time at the club Moonlighter & Sirens in Niagara. Topics discussed include legality of stripping and protections for strippers, perfect clients, confidence, hotel … | Cid V Brunet | 31 | 2021 | $3.10 Add |
From NEW! The Social Control of Sex WorkFrom: Critical Perspectives on Social Control and Social Regulation in Canada |
Criminalization of the Sex Trade – Pathways and Commonalities among Sex Trade Workers – Sex Work and Colonization – Sociological and Feminist Perspectives that Attempt to … | Carolyn Brooks; Karen Wood | 33 | 2020 | $3.30 Add |
From This is Not an Offer of ProstitutionFrom: Rock Paper Sex |
The firsthand account of Jessica and Daniel, a professional couple in St. John’s Newfoundland who engage in sex work part-time. A discussion about the challenges and anxieties faced by sex … | Keri Cull | 3 | 2017 | $0.30 Add |
From EpilogueFrom: The Teen Sex Trade |
A black woman recounts the slow way she broke ties with an abusive and manipultaed partner and her want to reach out to other survivors. | Jade M. Brooks | 3 | 2017 | $0.30 Add |
From NEW! EpilogueFrom: Vancouver Vice |
The epilogue considers the subsequent history of the West End, from the AIDS epidemic to the dramatic transformation of the built neighborhood. | Aaron Chapman | 5 | 2021 | $0.50 Add |
From Hitting the JackpotFrom: Rock Paper Sex |
The experiences of a transgender sex worker in St. John’s Newfoundland named Vanessa. The chapter is an exploration of the unique challenges facing transgender sex workers, as well as a … | Keri Cull | 5 | 2017 | $0.50 Add |