Making Sense of Prostitution

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. Introduction

   1. Introduction

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      Pages 1-15

3. Prostitution Enclosed

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-17

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   2. Prostitutes, Prostitution and the Law

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      Pages 19-34

   3. Ways of Talking about Prostitutes and Prostitution

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      Pages 35-69

4. Prostitution Disclosed

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 71-71

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   2. Risk, Poverty, Poncing and the Contradictions of Involvement in Prostitution

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      Pages 73-124

   3. Men, Money, Violence and Identity

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      Pages 125-184

   4. Conclusion

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      Pages 185-189

5. Back Matter

   Pages 190-200

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This book provides a compelling analysis of the conditions in which women are sustained within prostitution in Britain at the end of the millennium. Based on a major empirical study, it is a unique glimpse into how some women, who live lives completely torn apart by poverty, violence and criminalization, are able to understand their lives in prostitution and make sense of the choices they make (including their involvement in prostitution) in their struggles to survive.

• identity
• poverty
• violence
• women

• Department of Social and Policy Sciences, Bath University, UK

  Joanna Phoenix

JOANNA PHOENIX is Lecturer in Social and Policy Sciences at Bath University.

Policies and ethics