Backstreets

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Backstreets is a book about prostitution - insightful, compelling, disturbing. The authors reveal the world of prostitution in its routine, everyday reality: not an exotic world far removed from the lives of ordinary people, but a v/orld which lies at the centre of our cities and societies.
Backstreets Moy/s the individuals who participate in prostitution to tell their own stories. Why do women become prostitutes and how do they experience the daily sequence of 'tricks'? What kinds of men become customers of prostitutes and what do they get out of the experience? The authors also examine the dynamics of the prostitution market in Norway, where they carried out their research, and discuss a range of theories and ideas about prostitution. On the basis of their research, Heigârd and Finstad develop a distinctive and original perspective, arguing that individuals who have experienced prostitution over an extended period of time suffer deep emotional damage. . Backstreets is a book... Tovább

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Backstreets is a book about prostitution - insightful, compelling, disturbing. The authors reveal the world of prostitution in its routine, everyday reality: not an exotic world far removed from the lives of ordinary people, but a v/orld which lies at the centre of our cities and societies.
Backstreets Moy/s the individuals who participate in prostitution to tell their own stories. Why do women become prostitutes and how do they experience the daily sequence of 'tricks'? What kinds of men become customers of prostitutes and what do they get out of the experience? The authors also examine the dynamics of the prostitution market in Norway, where they carried out their research, and discuss a range of theories and ideas about prostitution. On the basis of their research, Heigârd and Finstad develop a distinctive and original perspective, arguing that individuals who have experienced prostitution over an extended period of time suffer deep emotional damage. . Backstreets is a book which shatters myths and stereotypes. It is about ordinary people and damaged lives, money and sex, love and human dignity. It will be of interest to anyone who wishes to know about the world of prostitution.
'A comprehensive, detailed and important work about prostitution - one of the oldest expressions of violence against women.'
Pat Carlen
'Backstreets is a major breakthrough that takes us into the daily, lived experiences of prostitution to reveal its harsh and brutal realities. Nowhere else have we seen the violation that prostitution is to women so fully and sensitively revealed. From women's lives Backstreets exposes the lies of liberal romanticization of prostitution. The unavoidable conclusion of this work is that we must challenge every social condition that gives men license to use women in these ways.'
Kathleen Barry
Cecilie Heigird is Professor at the Department of Criminology at the University of Oslo. She has written boola about prostitution, social work/welfare and unemployment. She has been involved in theoretical perspectives in criminology and has recently worked in developing women's studies, especially regarding sexualized violence, at the Department of Criminology at thé University of Oslo. Liv Finstad is Director and Senior Lecturer at the Department of Criminology, University of Oslo. She is also President of the Scandinavian Research Council for Criminology. She has written various books and articles about prostitution, prisons, drug abuse, treatment programmes and social work and is particularly interested in criminal policy regarding sexual offenders and sexualized violence.
Cover illustration: Soho backstreets. Photographer: Bob Watkins, London.
Cover design by Martin Miller
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