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Scholars from around the world have contributed to the first major reference book to be published on female prostitution as an international phenomenon. Experts survey and analyze the historical background, current problems and policies, and future possible directions in 16 representative countries. The volume belongs in college, university, and institutional libraries and collections dealing with social problems, women's studies, international relations, and world history.
The volume opens with a lengthy introduction by the editor, Nanette Davis, defining the situation in general, pointing to current trends and future concerns. Country chapters, primarily by native writers, include: Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, England and Wales, Germany, Italy, Japan, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, Taiwan, United States, Vietnam, and the former Yugoslavia. Each chapter provides references, and the index makes the volume easily accessible to researchers in various disciplines.
List of contents
Australia
Brazil
Canada
China
England
Germany
Italy
Japan
Netherlands
Norway
Portugal
Singapore
Taiwan
United States
Vietnam
Yugoslavia
Index
Selected Bibliography
About the author
NANETTE J. DAVIS is currently a Visiting Professor at Western Washington University, and formerly she taught at Portland State University. She has published extensively in the areas of prostitution, abortion, homeless youth, and battered women as well as contributed theoretical pieces on issues of the politics of violence and sexual deviance. She is the author of numerous books including From Crime to Choice: Transformation of Abortion in America (Greenwood Press, 1985) and editor of Prostitution: an International Handbook on Trends, Problems, and Policies (Greenwood, 1993).
