Sex Work and Covid-19 in the New Zealand Media

Avoid the Moist Breath Zone
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-1-5292-3034-5
Verlag: Bristol University Press

Buch, Englisch, 162 Seiten, Format (B × H): 127 mm x 203 mm, Gewicht: 290 g

New Zealand’s relatively recent decriminalisation of sex work and its unusual success in combatting COVID-19 have both attracted international media interest. This accessibly written book uses the lens of news media coverage to consider the pandemic’s impacts on both sex workers and public perceptions of the industry.
Analysing the stigmatisation of sex work in both short- and long-term contexts, the book addresses the impacts of intersectional oppressions or marginalisations on sex workers, and the ways sex work advocacy relates to other social justice movements. It unpicks how New Zealand’s decriminalisation approach functions under stress, offering valuable information for advocates, activists and scholars.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Easterbrook-Smith, Gwyn

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Prostitution und Sexindustrie: Soziale & Ethische Themen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kriminalsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gewalt und Diskriminierung: Soziale Aspekte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction
2. Sex Work and COVID-19 in 2020
3. Sex Work and COVID-19 in 2021
4. Implications and Developments
5. Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Gwyn Easterbrook-Smith is a researcher based in Aotearoa New Zealand. They have most recently taught in the School of Humanities, Media and Creative Communication at Massey University, Wellington.