Transformations of Labour through the Lens of Sex Work
This volume engages with the question of how labour is transforming under late capitalism, and what insights the study of sex work offers into these transformations. Presenting case studies from the Global North, this book situates sex work within the frameworks of neoliberal governance, digitalizat...
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| author | Šori, Iztok | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7594-5530 Hrženjak, Majda | https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1809-5450 |
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| description | This volume engages with the question of how labour is transforming under late capitalism, and what insights the study of sex work offers into these transformations. Presenting case studies from the Global North, this book situates sex work within the frameworks of neoliberal governance, digitalization, platformization, and gig economy to examine how economic relations, labour practices, and activism are changing under these conditions. It demonstrates that sex work offers a powerful lens through which to understand the contradictions of contemporary labour regimes: autonomy bound up with precarity, visibility with surveillance, and agency with algorithmic control. The book highlights the mobility and agency of labouring subjectivities, showing how resistance often emerges through strategic engagement with the very structures produced by neoliberalism. While affirming the importance of legal recognition of sex work, the book contends that this alone is insufficient to disrupt the broader systems of exclusion and inequality experienced by sex workers and embedded in late capitalist economies. This book will be of interest to scholars and advanced readers engaged in debates on labour, sexuality, and political economy. It is particularly relevant to those working in critical labour studies, feminist theory, sociology, and socio-legal research, as well as to policymakers and activists concerned with labour rights and social justice. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1730752026-06-03T08:12:23Z Transformations of Labour through the Lens of Sex Work Šori, Iztok | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7594-5530 Hrženjak, Majda | https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1809-5450 Hrženjak, Majda | https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1809-5450 Šori, Iztok | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7594-5530 Neoliberal governance Gig economy research Feminist labour theory Digital surveillance studies Socio-legal analysis Workplace autonomy Resistance strategies in sex industry thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociology This volume engages with the question of how labour is transforming under late capitalism, and what insights the study of sex work offers into these transformations. Presenting case studies from the Global North, this book situates sex work within the frameworks of neoliberal governance, digitalization, platformization, and gig economy to examine how economic relations, labour practices, and activism are changing under these conditions. It demonstrates that sex work offers a powerful lens through which to understand the contradictions of contemporary labour regimes: autonomy bound up with precarity, visibility with surveillance, and agency with algorithmic control. The book highlights the mobility and agency of labouring subjectivities, showing how resistance often emerges through strategic engagement with the very structures produced by neoliberalism. While affirming the importance of legal recognition of sex work, the book contends that this alone is insufficient to disrupt the broader systems of exclusion and inequality experienced by sex workers and embedded in late capitalist economies. This book will be of interest to scholars and advanced readers engaged in debates on labour, sexuality, and political economy. It is particularly relevant to those working in critical labour studies, feminist theory, sociology, and socio-legal research, as well as to policymakers and activists concerned with labour rights and social justice. 2026-03-01T06:39:26Z 2026-03-01T06:39:26Z 2026-02-28T20:27:37Z 2025 book https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/110437 9781003640837 9781041075004 9781041075028 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/173075 eng open access Taylor & Francis Routledge 10.4324/9781003640837 10.4324/9781003640837 fa69b019-f4ee-4979-8d42-c6b6c476b5f0 9781003640837 9781041075004 9781041075028 Routledge 1 London open access |
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