PLAYING THE WHORE: THE WORK OF SEX WORK
Book ID/图书代码： 13850014B69006
English Summary/英文概要： Recent years have seen a panic over “online red-light districts,” which supposedly seduce vulnerable young women into a life of degradation, and New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof’s live tweeting of a Cambodian brothel raid. But rarely do these fearful, salacious dispatches come from sex workers themselves, and rarely do they deviate from the position that sex workers must be rescued from their condition, and the industry simply abolished — a position common among feminists and conservatives alike.
In Playing the Whore, journalist Melissa Gira Grant turns these pieties on their head, arguing for an overhaul in the way we think about sex work. Based on ten years of writing and reporting on the sex trade, and grounded in her experience as an organizer, advocate, and former sex worker, Playing the Whore dismantles pervasive myths about sex work, criticizes both conditions within the sex industry and its criminalization, and argues that separating sex work from the “legitimate” economy only harms those who perform sexual labor. In Playing the Whore, sex workers’ demands, too long relegated to the margins, take center stage: sex work iswork, and sex workers’ rights are human rights.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 近年人们对“网上红灯区”产生了恐慌，它会引诱不谙世事的年轻女孩误入歧途。但是这些淫秽的照片很少是色情行业从业者自己散布的，他们也不需要脱离现有的工作环境，这个行业也不需要被彻底取缔——但女权主义者和保守派显然不是这么认为的。
在《为色情行业发声》中，记者玛丽莎•吉瑞打破了我们对色情行业一贯的看法。玛丽莎作为一名前色情行业的组织者，倡导者和从业者，在过去的十年中一直在做有关色情交易的报道。《为色情行业发声》解开了有关色情行业的层层迷雾，对色情行业的现状和刑事定罪做出了评论，并指出将色情行业归为非法行业只会伤害到从事此行业的人。《为色情行业发声》关注了长期被忽略的色情行业从业者们的权力，色情工作是份职业，此行业从业者的权力也是正当的人权。（XAT）
Awards/获奖情况：“我们的确听到过许多有关色情交易不实的看法和不合理的政策。玛丽莎•吉瑞•格兰特在书中推翻了这些错误的想法，使人们正确地了解这一行业。《为色情行业发声》的确改变了我对这个行业的很多看法。所有人都有必要读一下。”——克里斯•哈伊斯
“这本书对色情行业的诸多争论做出了巨大的贡献，每个对此感到疑惑的人都应该读一读。”——妮娜•鲍尔，《一维女儿》
“吉瑞•格兰特对于色情行业做出了非常有趣的政策提议，这本书正是她的想法概述。”——迈克•科扎，《华盛顿邮报》
“这本书又为现有的色情行业文学添上了浓重的一笔。”——斯蒂亚，成人表演者，副专栏作家
“我们都应该仔细聆听，学习，因为这是真正的交易。”——苏珊•布莱特，性文化评论家，“在我们身后”成立者
“研究非常深入，对这个敏感的话题做出了辛辣的评论。”——莉莉•布莱娜，《如何成就丑闻》作者
“这本书指出文化排斥从事色情行业的女性与女性本身无关。”——珍妮特•莫克，《重新定义真实》作者
“当纽约时代专栏作者以救世主的姿态代表了从事性交易的女性吸引大众媒体的注意力时，玛丽莎提出了尖锐且有力的反驳，色情行业从业者们并不需要这样的介入和女权主义的干涉。这部作品为色情行业申辩，非常具有启发性。”——利利亚纳•塞古娜，高级编辑
"Collectively as a society we’ve got a whole bunch of tangled, warped intuitions and policies towards the exchange of money for sex. Melissa Gira Grant does a remarkable job of rigorously teasing these apart and righteously scrapping those she finds wanting. Her work has been hugely influential in how I think about sex work and outright changed my mind on a number of points. She’s a must read.”–Chris Hayes, All In With Chris Hayes
“An important contribution to debates around sex and work, and deserves to be read by anyone who wants to get beyond tired and damaging understandings of both.” –Nina Power, author of One Dimensional Woman
"Gira Grant is one of the most interesting policy thinkers in the country when it comes to sex work, and this short book introduces and outlines her thinking on the matter." –Mike Konczal, Washington Post
“An informative and extremely worthwhile addition to the existing body of literature on sex work.” –Stoya, adult performer and Vice columnist
“Learn, listen, take heart—this is the real deal.” –Susie Bright, sex and culture critic, and founder of On Our Backs
“Well-researched and provocative … A vital text on an incendiary topic.” –Lily Burana, author of I Love a Man in Uniform and Strip City
“Gira Grant weaves her way through sanctimony and hypocrisy with wit, eloquence, insight, and a dose of necessary outrage.” –Laura Kipnis, author of How to Become a Scandal
“Makes precisely clear that a culture that polices, silences and marginalizes women who sell sex is a culture that cares nothing about women. Period.” –Janet Mock, author of Redefining Realness
“As self-appointed saviors like Nicolas Kristof command mainstream media attention for their crusade on behalf of trafficked women, Melissa Gira Grant provides a sharp and powerful counternarrative, a layered, justice-minded critique of such interventions as well as a much needed skewering of ‘carceral feminism.’ An important, illuminating and engaging read.”– Liliana Segura, Senior Editor, The Intercept (First Look Media)
About the Author/作者介绍： 玛丽莎•吉瑞•格兰特是一位作家和自由撰稿人，她的文章曾被刊登在《魅力》、《卫报》、《国家报》、《奇闻》和《亚特兰大报》上，玛丽莎还是《雅格宾》的名誉编辑。她的网站是melissagiragrant.com.Melissa Gira Grant is a writer and freelance journalist whose work has appeared in Glamour, the Guardian, the Nation, Wired, and the Atlantic. She is also a Contributing Editor to Jacobin. Her website is melissagiragrant.com.
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