My body, my business : New Zealand sex workers in an era of change / Caren Wilton ; photographs by Madeleine Slavick.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wilton, Caren, author.

Contributor:

Slavick, Madeleine, photographer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sex workers--New Zealand--Biography.

Sex workers.

New Zealand.

Genre:

Anecdotes.

Biographies.

Physical Description:

287 pages : colour illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Dunedin, New Zealand : Otago University Press, 2018.

Summary:

"In My Body, My Business, 11 former and current New Zealand sex workers speak frankly, in their own voices, about their lives in and out of the sex industry. Their stories are by turns eye-opening, poignant, heartening, disturbing and compelling. Based on a series of oral history interviews by Caren Wilton, My Body, My Business includes the stories of female, male and transgender workers; Māori and Paākehā ; street workers, workers in massage parlours and upmarket brothels, escorts, strippers, private workers and dominatrices, spanning a period from the 1960s to today. Three of the 11 interviewees still work in the industry. Several have been involved with the New Zealand Prostitutes' Collective, including long-time national co-ordinator Dame Catherine Healy. Four transgender interviewees tell their stories here, helping to demystify the history of New Zealand's transgender community, about which little has been published. Caren Wilton prefaces the book with an introductory essay about the New Zealand sex industry, which in recent times has seen a lot of changes, the most profound being the decriminalisation of prostitution in 2003. Fifteen years on, New Zealand remains the only country in the world to have decriminalised its sex industry. This book looks at what the changes have meant for the nation's sex workers. Wilton's interviews are here complemented by 16 luminous, reflective and multi-layered photographs by Madeleine Slavick"--Back cover.

Contents:

Anna Reed p. 37

Shared a p. 61

Mistress Margaret p. 85

Kelly p. 107

Catherine Healy p. 127

Stevie p. 151

Dana de Milo p. 169

Allan p. 197

Jeanie p. 215

Misty p. 235

Poppy p. 253.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1988531322

9781988531328

OCLC:

1040165178