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Prominent US sociologist Weitzer reviews books on sex work. he says ‘The best recent research on prostitution is ethnographic and centered outside the United States. The books under review are multi faceted, rich, novel contributions to the literature, throwing a spotlight on previously hidden worlds. Each presents a microcosm of commercial sex that is linked to macro-level structures. And each focuses on indoor prostitution, a welcome counterbalance to the voluminous literature on street prostitution.’

What makes a structural intervention? Reducing vulnerability to HIV in community settings, with particular reference to sex work

Increasing emphasis is being placed on the need for ‘structural interventions’ (SIs) in HIV prevention internationally. There is great variation in how the concept of SI is defined and operationalised, however, and this has potentially problematic implications for their likely success. In this paper, we clarify and elucidate what constitutes a SI with particular reference to the structured distribution of power and to the role of communities. We summarise the background to the growing emphasis being placed on the concept of SIs in HIV prevention policy, and present ethnographic case-study material from a sex worker’s HIV project in Kolkata, India,

The Ethnography of Prostitution: New International Perspectives

Prominent US sociologist Weitzer reviews books on sex work. he says ‘The best recent research on prostitution is ethnographic and centered outside the United States. The books under review are multi faceted, rich, novel contributions to the literature, throwing a spotlight on previously hidden worlds. Each presents a microcosm of commercial sex that is linked to macro-level structures. And each focuses on indoor prostitution, a welcome counterbalance to the voluminous literature on street prostitution.’ Lydia’s Open Door: Inside Mexico’s Most Modern Brothel, by Patty Kelly. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2008. Sex Work and the City: The Social Geography

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