At the risk of prolonging a tangential conversation ...
I would be cautious of the CATW literature, as it is at the heart of school of thought which defines all prostitution as forced and therefore all migrant sex workers are trafficked. Personally I find this highly problematic ... in any case, it’s a very polarised and long-standing debate. One option would be to try to avoid this debate altogether - though of course this depends on where you want to go with the topic. There is some good work deconstructing 'trafficking' more generally (i.e., with regards to migration and labour, not just sex work) - for example by Julia O'Connell Davidson and by Bridget Anderson.
Best wishes,
Siobhan
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Subject: Re: Literature on promiscuous encounters
At the risk of prolonging a dialogue that is probably not of much interest to most on the list:
Promiscuity is not really a useful term to deploy in debates of this type given it is conceptually vague and generally pejorative.
Klesse's work will be useful but non-monogamies and polyamory do not equate to promiscuity. Further, not all sex workers or their clients are necessarily promiscuous or practising 'casual sex'.
I suspect some of Mark Bellis' work on sexual behaviour in Mediterranean tourist resorts will be most useful in terms of the original request, whilst there is a large literature on US spring breaks which considers sexual and drug taking activities as they are shaped by situational judgments of class, gender and sexual norms. As Jon Cloke suggests, there is some relevant material on liminality and sexual encounter in my recently published book Cities and Sexualities.
Hope this helps
Phil Hubbard
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