{"product_id":"beneath-the-red-umbrella-genevieve-fuji-johnson-9781049801407","title":"Beneath the Red Umbrella: Sex and Solidarity - Theory, Method, Action","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBeneath the Red Umbrella\u003c\/em\u003e blends academic research with the intimacy of storytelling in a genre-crossing graphic novel. At the heart of the story are three university students, Selina, Jaz, and Julie, whose evolving friendship unfolds over the course of an academic year. Through honest, sometimes uncomfortable conversations, they confront misconceptions and injustices faced by those providing sexual services.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the friends learn from each other, readers are drawn into a conversation about solidarity, justice, and the responsibilities of researchers. Interwoven with the narrative are two powerful academic arguments: first, that scholars working with marginalized communities - such as sex workers - must collaborate with them by supporting their goals and contributing to their empowerment; second, that the everyday injustices faced by sex workers are rooted in deeper epistemic and structural stigmas that frame them as \"social deviants.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCombining storytelling with a critique of stigma, criminalization, and institutional neglect, \u003cem\u003eBeneath the Red Umbrella\u003c\/em\u003e makes a case for the decriminalization and destigmatization of sex work and offers a model for how we can have difficult but necessary conversations about the demands of justice and human rights.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Genevieve Fuji Johnson,Kerry Porth\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1049801407\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781049801407\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/03\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.00d","brand":"Genevieve Fuji Johnson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48447187124479,"sku":"9781049801407","price":46.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fff0f244-4bd8-4948-bf0a-3eed5118f238.jpg?v=1777229425","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/beneath-the-red-umbrella-genevieve-fuji-johnson-9781049801407","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}