{"product_id":"street-sex-work-and-canadian-shawna-ferris-9781772120059","title":"Street Sex Work and Canadian Cities: Resisting a Dangerous Order","description":"\"Our voices scrubbed out and forgotten. There are those who research and write about sex workers who often forget we are human.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Amy Lebovitch \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShawna Ferris gives a voice to sex workers who are often pushed to the background, even by those who fight for them. In the name of urban safety and orderliness, street sex workers face stigma, racism, and ignorance. Their human rights are ignored, and some even lose their lives. Ferris aims to reveal the cultural dimensions of this discrimination through literary and art-critical theory, legal and sociological research, and activist intervention. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCanadian cities are striving for high safety ratings by eliminating crime, which includes \"cleaning\" urban areas of the street sex industry. Ironically, sex workers also want to live and work in a safe environment. Ferris questions these sanitizing political agendas, reviews exclusionary legislative and police initiatives, and examines media representations of sex workers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book has much to offer to educators and activists, sex workers and anti-violence organizations, and academics studying women, cultural, gender, or indigenous issues. Foreword by Amy Lebovitch.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Shawna Ferris\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1772120057\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781772120059\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Alberta Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/10\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.89lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.79h x 6.47w x 0.66d","brand":"Shawna Ferris","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48065810596095,"sku":"9781772120059","price":38.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9ed08faf-6313-409f-8c19-bdc0abdddc8d.jpg?v=1768677433","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/street-sex-work-and-canadian-shawna-ferris-9781772120059","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}