Buch
Monografie
To live freely in this world : sex worker activism in Africa
Verfasst von:
Mgbako, Chi Adanna
New York:
New York University Press
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[2016]
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245 S.
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| Einrichtung: | Frauensolidarität | Wien |
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| Verfasst von: | Mgbako, Chi Adanna |
| Jahr: | [2016] |
| ISBN: | 1479817562 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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| African sex worker activists are demanding an end to the criminalization of sex work and the recognition of their human rights to safe working conditions, health and justice services, and lives free from violence and discrimination. They’re challenging politicians, religious fundamentalists, and anti-prostitution advocates; confronting the multiple stigmas that affect the diverse members of their communities; engaging in intersectional movement building with similarly marginalized groups; and participating in the larger global sex workers’ rights struggle in order to determine their social and political fate. By locating this counter-narrative in Africa, the book challenges disempowering and one-dimensional depictions of “degraded Third World prostitutes” and helps fill what has been a gaping hole in feminist scholarship regarding sex work in the African context. Based on original fieldwork in seven African countries, including Botswana, Kenya, Mauritius, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, and Uganda, Chi Adanna Mgbako draws on extensive interviews with over 160 African female and male (cisgender and transgender) sex worker activists, and weaves their voices and experiences into a richly-detailed, and powerful examination of the history and continuing activism of this young movement. | |
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| Enthält Literaturverzeichnis: Seiten 227-233 | |
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