
Sexed Work, 2nd Edition
Gender, Race, and Resistance in a Brooklyn Drug Market
$66.28
- Paperback
296 pages
- Release Date
22 June 2000
Summary
This is the first detailed account of the economic lives of women drug users. It is located at the boundaries of three disciplines - criminology, anthropology, and sociology - and based on three years of in-depth ethnographic fieldwork in New York City. Set in a neighbourhood plagued by drug use and AIDs, the book reveals the economic lives of a group of women whose options have been severely circumscribed, not only by drug use, but also by poverty, racism,violence, and enduring marginality. …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780198299318 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0198299311 |
| Author: | Lisa Maher |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 296 |
| Edition: | 2nd |
| Release Date: | 22 June 2000 |
| Weight: | 400g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 139mm x 16mm |
| Series: | Clarendon Studies in Criminology |
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Critics Review
“Maher does a superior job of challenging current conceptions of women’s position and behavior in the street-level drug economy. An excellent examination of an often misunderstood and overlooked group and is informative for people from many disciplines.” –Choice
“An important contribution to the literature and will improve any reader’s understanding of the inner workings of the drug world.” –Professor Christopher Krebs, Florida State University in Journal of Drug Issues“Among the most important contemporary feminist scholarship in criminology. Excellent scholarship, deserving a wide readership.” –Professor Jody Miller in Theoretical Criminology“A landmark work in social study. A rich mix of field study, sociological scholarship and theoretical analysis, [and] a portrait of prohibition drug policy in action. An unusual blend of savvy street ethnographer and rigourous scholar, her ability to so fully recognize and compassionately document the form and meaning of these women’s lives is a tribute to the integrity of her methods.” –Professor Ernest Drucker, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx NY in AddictionAbout The Author
Lisa Maher
Lisa Maher is a Research Fellow of the Australian Drug Research Foundation at the University of New South Wales.
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