Prostitution Research in Context

Marlene Spanger is Associate Professor in the Department of Culture and Global Studies at Aalborg University, Denmark　May-Len Skilbrei is Professor in the Department of Criminology and Sociology of Law at the University of Oslo, Norway

• Acknowledgement Exploring sex for sale: Methodological concerns Marlene Spanger and May-Len Skilbrei Theme 1 Manoeuvring in a politicised research field History and the politics of prostitution – Prostitution and the politics of historyJudith R. Walkowitz Speaking the truth about prostitutionMay-Len Skilbrei Troubling unknowns and certainties in prostitution policy claims-makingIsabel Crowhurst Theme 2 Researching for, about and with sex workers Epistemologically privileging the sex worker: Uncovering the rehearsed and presumed in sex work studies Lorraine Nencel Collaborative research with sex workers Carol Harrington The voice of images: Photovoice, sex workers and affective engagement Sealing Cheng Theme 3 Dangerous positions? Establishing the research field of sex for sale What do emotions do? Circulations of annoyance, hostility and shame in fieldwork Marlene Spanger Contamination or engagement? Doing class in prostitution researchJeanett Bjønness10. Seducing the seducer: Negotiating desire, discomfort and power in fieldwork Christian GroesNotes on contributorsIndex

"This would be a beneficial purchase for any institution with a robust gender and women’s studies program or scholars taking on the challenge of researching sex work. Also recommended for anyone studying feminist qualitative methodologies since it includes valuable explanations of the importance of these frameworks for research about any historically underrepresented or underserved population."-Karla J. Strand, University of Wisconsin System