Selling Sex in Kenya: Gendered Agency Under Neoliberalism (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781108494052)

As Kenyan women traditionally have fewer formal employment opportunities, often occupying lower-paid jobs in the informal sector, the experiences of women who earn money in unorthodox ways can offer revealing insights into the agency of women and its limits. Grounded in the narratives and life stories of women selling sex in Kenya, Egle Česnulyte reveals the range of gendered and gendering effects that neoliberal policies have on everyday socio-political realities. By contextualising and historicising contemporary debates in the field, this important interdisciplinary study explores the societal structures that neo-liberal narratives and reforms influence, their gendered effects, and the extent to which individuals must internalise neoliberal economic logics in order to make or improve their living. In so doing, Česnulyte counters the prevailing male-dominated studies in political science to place women, and female-based narratives at the forefront.

Author: Egle Česnulyte
ISBN-10: 1108494056
ISBN-13: 9781108494052
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 11/28/2019
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.60w x 0.60d