Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in
Palgrave Macmillan

Making Sense of Prostitution

  • Book
  • © 1999

Overview

Authors:
  1. Joanna Phoenix

    1. Department of Social and Policy Sciences, Bath University, UK

    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed   Google Scholar

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this book

Log in via an institution
eBook USD 84.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 109.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 109.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Other ways to access

Licence this eBook for your library

Institutional subscriptions

Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
    Download chapter PDF

  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Joanna Phoenix
      Pages 1-15

  3. Prostitution Enclosed

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-17
      Download chapter PDF

    2. Prostitutes, Prostitution and the Law

      • Joanna Phoenix
      Pages 19-34

    3. Ways of Talking about Prostitutes and Prostitution

      • Joanna Phoenix
      Pages 35-69

  4. Prostitution Disclosed

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 71-71
      Download chapter PDF

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

      • Joanna Phoenix
      Pages 73-124

    3. Men, Money, Violence and Identity

      • Joanna Phoenix
      Pages 125-184

    4. Conclusion

      • Joanna Phoenix
      Pages 185-189

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 190-200
    Download chapter PDF
Back to top

Keywords

About this book

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.

Authors and Affiliations

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

    Joanna Phoenix

About the author

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

Bibliographic Information

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Back to top

Search

Navigation