Heffernan, Emma
(2011)
Erotic Enterprises:
An Ethnography of Risk and Opportunity for Female Sex Workers
in Celtic Tiger Ireland.
PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.
Abstract
This is an ethnographic account of female sexual labour at the height of the Celtic
Tiger, when sex like other consumables saw an insatiable increase in demand. Like
other industries, the sex industry has relatively privileged and exploitative positions
for its workers, and like other service industries, it has been revolutionized by
processes of globalization, technological innovation, and an easing in the movement
of capital. Much of what is written about sex workers assumes a certain degree of
homogeneity, and an over simplistic account of their lives and the choices that are
available to them. I explore the meanings and motivations that sex workers ascribe to
their interactions with the industry, how women experience the sex industry, how
they interact with it and how they experience selling sexual services in their
everyday lives. This thesis then links various themes of risk, agency, opportunity,
violence, victimhood and illegality within the broader framework of sex work as a
form of labour.
| Item Type: |
Thesis
(PhD)
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| Keywords: |
sex work; globalization; risk; ethnography; Celtic Tiger; |
| Academic Unit: |
Faculty of Social Sciences > Anthropology |
| Item ID: |
10356 |
| Depositing User: |
IR eTheses
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| Date Deposited: |
04 Jan 2019 11:42 |
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| Use Licence: |
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