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Making Sense of Prostitution This page intentionally left blank Making Sense of Prostitution Joanna Phoenix Lecturer in Sociology Department of Social and Policy Sciences Bath University © Joanna Phoenix 1999 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 1999 978-0-333-74989-0 All rights reserved.No reproduction,copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No paragraph of this publication may be reproduced,copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright,Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency,90 Tottenham Court Road,London W1P 0LP. Any person who does any unauthorised act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The author has asserted her right to be identified as the author of this work in accordance with the Copyright,Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published in hardcover 1999 First published in paperback 2001 by PALGRAVE Houndmills,Basingstoke,Hampshire RG21 6XS and 175 Fifth Avenue,New York,N.Y.10010 Companies and representatives throughout the world PALGRAVEis the new global academic imprint of St.Martin’s Press LLC Scholarly and Reference Division and Palgrave Publishers Ltd (formerly Macmillan Press Ltd). ISBN 978-0-333-94599-5 ISBN 978-0-333-98547-2 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9780333985472 ISBN 9 7 8 - 0 - 3 1 2 - 2 2 0 7 3 - 0 hardback (in North America) This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. The Library of Congress has cataloged the hardcover edition as follows: Phoenix,Joanna,1964– Making sense of prostitution / Joanna Phoenix. p.cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 9 7 8 - 0 - 3 1 2 - 2 2 0 7 3 - 0 (cloth) 1.Prostitution—Great Britain.I.Title. HQ185.A5P46 1999 306.74’0941—dc21 98—49903 CIP 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 10 09 08 07 06 05 04 03 02 01 To my great cousin Evelyn Healey, my father Tony Healey and my mother Mina Healey This page intentionally left blank Contents List of Tables ix Acknowledgements xi 1 Introduction 1 PART I PROSTITUTION ENCLOSED 2 Prostitutes, Prostitution and the Law 19 3 Ways of Talking about Prostitutes and Prostitution 35 PART II PROSTITUTION DISCLOSED 4 Risk, Poverty, Poncing and the Contradictions of Involvement in Prostitution 73 5 Men, Money, Violence and Identity 125 6 Conclusion 185 Notes 190 Bibliography 192 Index 198 vii This page intentionally left blank List of Tables 1.1 Demographic comparison of the main minority ethnic groups in MidCity and England and Wales 8 4.1 Educational qualifications of the interviewees 78 4.2 Interviewees’ experience of legitimate employment 79 4.3 Reasons for the housing difficulties experienced by the interviewees 90 4.4 Arrest and punishment for prostitution-related offences 105 4.5 Type of poncing experienced 121 ix
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