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Contextualizing sex work: challenging discourses and confronting narratives / Elya M. Durisin, Emily Van Der Meulen and Chris Bruckert -- PART 1. Law and policy contexts: the state and beyond -- Sex work policy: tracing historical and contemporary developments / Emily Van Der Meulen and Elya M. Durisin -- Bedford v. Canada: a breakthrough in the legal discourse / Brenda Belak -- Municipal regulation of street-based prostitution and the impacts on Indigenous women: a necessary discussion / Naomi Sayers -- From average Joe to deviant John: The changing construction of sex trade clients in Canada / Ummni Khan -- Pimps, partners, and procurers: criminalizing street-based sex workers' relationships with partners and third parties / Kara Gillis and Chris Bruckert -- New risk-spaces, new spaces for harm: the effects of the advertising offence on independent escorts / Andrea Sterling -- Misrepresentations, inadequate evidence, and impediments to justice: human rights impacts of Canada's anti-trafficking efforts / Tamara O'Doherty, Hayli Millar, Alison Clancey, and Kimberly Mackenzie -- Perceptions of sex work: exploring the narratives of police and regulatory officials / Frances M. Shaver, John Bryans, and Isabelle Bhola -- Protecting victims sexually exploited through prostitution? critically examining youth legal and policy regimes / Steven Bittle -- PART 2. Diverse experiences: examining places, spaces, and types of work -- Indigenous, indoors, and incognito: thoughts and experiences of an Irish and Ojibwe female sex worker / Elizabeth James -- Myths and realities of male sex work: a personal perspective / River Redwood -- Champagne, strawberries, and truck-stop motels: on subjectivity and sex work / Victoria Love -- "The Paradox?!": racialized and Indigenous sex workers' encounters within a capitalist market / Menaka Raguparan -- Double punishment: immigration penality and migrant trans women who sell sex / Nora Butler Burke -- "Harassing the clients is exactly the same as harassing the workers": street-based sex workers in Vancouver / Andrea Krüsi, Brenda Belak and Sex Workers United Against Violence -- Everybody knows everybody: sex work in rural and small communities / Stacey Hannem -- Hypocrisy in "Sin City": space, place, and sex work stigma in St. John's / Laura Winters and Gayle Macdonald -- PART 3. Sex workers' resistance: building alliances and subverting narratives -- Canadian feminism and sex work law: a cautionary tale / Mariana Valverde -- Whorganizers and gay activists: histories of convergence, contemporary currents of divergence, and the promise of non-normative futures / Becki L. Ross -- Fighting for homewood: gentrification and the history of violent struggle over trans sex workers' strolls in Canada / Morgan M. Page -- Do Black sex workers' lives matter? Whitewashed anti-slavery, racial justice, and abolition / Robyn Maynard -- Migrant sex workers' justice: building alliances across movements / Elene Lam and Chanelle Gallant -- Will the real supporters of workers' rights please stand up? Union engagement with sex work in Canada / Jenn Clamen and Kara Gillies -- Sex, lies, and committee hearings: challenging prostitution propaganda / Kerry Porth -- Action, advocacy, and allies: building a movement for sex worker rights / Sarah Beer -- Afterword / John Lowman and Frances M. Shaver -- Appendix: Prostitution-related criminal code provisions. |
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