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Showing 1 to 20 of 184 for “"Prostitution"”.
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Reading prostitution in American fiction, 1893-1917
… nineteenth and early twentieth centuries discuss prostitution. Some works like Reginald Wright Kauffman's The House of Bondage, (1910) exaggerate the threat of "white slavery," but others like David Graham Phillips's Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise (1917) more honestly depict the harsh conditions …
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Prostitution chez Calixthe Beyala: race, corps, regard
… shattered by the reality of racism, poverty and prostitution. In all her works, Beyala uses a recurring character, a strong and independent African woman, who is forced to prostitute herself. Crucial elements in Calixthe Beyala’s writing of the Parisian world of prostitution are the dynamics of …
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Prostitution chez Calixthe Beyala: race, corps, regard
… shattered by the reality of racism, poverty and prostitution. In all her works, Beyala uses a recurring character, a strong and independent African woman, who is forced to prostitute herself. Crucial elements in Calixthe Beyala’s writing of the Parisian world of prostitution are the dynamics of …
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Juvenile Prostitution: An Exploration in Gendered Theory
… the ways in which juvenile females enter into prostitution. This theoretical analysis will assess support for existing explanations of delinquency and prostitution of female juveniles using secondary data sources. This secondary data source is pulled from a survey of 114 adjudicated delinquent …
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A Chronological Study of Discourse on Prostitution Policy, Anti-prostitution Feminist Movements, and Sex Workers' Rights Movements in South Korea
… history of sex workers' agency and resistance to prostitution policies and anti-prostitution feminist movements in defense of their rights in South Korea based on a transnational feminist approach. I first analyze the violent impacts of government prostitution policies and anti-prostitution …
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Do I Have Any Choice?: Prostitution in Thailand
… increasing problems resulting from the spread of prostitution in Thailand. Prostitutes start from abject poverty and end getting caught up in the materialistic world. As time goes by, more and more uneducated and low skill women seem to flow into prostitution. The researcher interviewed 60 people: …
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Analyse comparative du droit législatif en matière de prostitution
… comparative du droit législatif en matière de prostitution. Plus précisément, on tente de savoir si les systèmes législatifs en matière de prostitution ont une influence sur la dynamique prostitutionnelle mondiale. Trois parties composent cette thèse de maîtrise. Un premier chapitre explorant …
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Toward a theological response to prostitution: listening to the voices of women affected by prostitution and of selected church leaders in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
… explores how the voices of women affected by prostitution in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and of selected evangelical church leaders in that city, could contribute to a life-affirming theological response to prostitution. The thesis engages sociological and theological sources to interpret the data …
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Changing images: The end of legalized prostitution in Las Vegas
Legalized prostitution in Las Vegas began with the town's founding in 1905 and lasted until World War II. By researching legalized prostitution in Las Vegas from an economic and social standpoint as opposed to just a moral perspective, a broader picture emerged to show the changes that occurred. …
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Pathways to underage prostitution among female youth in South Korea
… increases in the number of girls involved in prostitution. By using in-depth interviews with 25 girls in South Korea, this study provides a narrative and life history analysis of girls' pathways into underage prostitution. The purpose of this dissertation is twofold: to identify pathways into …
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Prostitution as Power: Selected Works of Lotte Lenya (1910-1940)
… on gender and sexuality in music, the theme of prostitution on stage has remained hidden from serious musical scholarship. In this dissertation an exploration of the theme will take place in selected works of Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht, regarding the leading female figure of their works - …
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The double-edged sword : defining prostitution in mainstream Canadian press
… the discourse through which prostitutes and prostitution are represented in the media. The sample (N = 52) is randomly chosen from 749 articles collected between 1993 and 1994. A measurement tool is developed and used to code the articles, based on the context through which prostitution is …
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Changing prostitution discourse in Canadian common law from 2010 to 2018
Since the first iteration of prostitution legislation in 1759, the language and discourses used to refer to ‘prostitution’ has undergone many changes. The constitutional challenge of Bedford v. Canada (2010 ONSC 4264) resulted in legislative amendments of prostitution laws (Bill C-36). Bill C-36, …
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