Reviews in print and online media of Sex at the Margins
Sex at the Margins: Migration, Labour Markets and the Rescue Industry was published in 2007 by Zed Books. It is available in paperback, kindle, nook, kobo, e-pub and audio.
The New Statesman called it ‘One of the most important books on migration published in recent years.’
The book got a lot of reviews, many of them quite thoughtful. Lower down find more than 20 in academic journals. Most are positive; a few complain bitterly. Those you can read online are indicated with *
*The New Statesman: The Myth of Trafficking, 2008
*The Spiked Review of Books: Exploding the Myth of Trafficking, 2008
*Reason: The Myth of the Migrant, 2007
*Susie Bright’s Journal: Sex at the Margins, 2007
*Broadsnark: Review of Sex at the Margins, 2012
*Live Girl (video) Review: Watch Sex at the Margins, 2008
*Goodreads: Sex at the Margins, 2009 (one of a number on this site)
*WoWasis Travel Blog: Sex at the Margins, 2012
*Sampaloc Toc: Sex at the Margins, 2009
*NZZ (Neue Zürcher Zeitung): «Diese Frauen sind nicht naiv», 2009
The Erotic Review: Everything you need to know about sex trafficking, Harriet, 2008
*D – la Repubblica delle Donne: Le immigrate che vendono sesso non sono vittime né schiave, 2008
Die Weltwoche: Befreiung durch die Rettungsindustrie, 2008
*testcard: Nicht alle empfinden das Gleiche über Sex, 2008
Weekendavisen: Glidecreme og gode intentioner, 2008
Reflect-online: Diskurse der Mittelschicht, 2008
*DHIVA: Opferfrauen und Frauenwohltäter, 2007
*Marginalia: Review of Sex at the Margins
Academic book reviews
Signs, 36, 1, 2010, Feminists Theorize International Political Economy Special Issue, Suzanne Franzway and Mary Margaret Fonow
American Ethnologist, 37, 3, 2010, Lorraine Nencel
*Sexualities A Round Up of Some Recent Books on Prostitution and Sex Work, 13, 3, 2010, Ken Plummer
Journal of Ethnic & Migration Studies, 35, 6, 2009, Alison Phipps
*Feminist Theory, 10, 1, 2009, Meena Poudel
*Sexualities, 12, 5, 2009, Dan Allman
Women’s Studies International Forum, 32, 4, 2009
*Gender, Place and Culture, 16, 3, 2009, Elizabeth Bernstein
*Feminist Review, 96, e1–e4, 2010, Julia O’Connell Davidson
Culture, Health & Sexuality, 11, 5, 2009, Alexandra Lutnick
*Qualitative Sociology, 32, 1, 2009, AnneMarie Cesario and Lynn Chancer. Sex Work: A Review of Recent Literature.
*Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 15, 2009, Siân Oram
*Sexuality Research and Social Policy, 5, 4, 2008, Don Kulick
Body and Society, 14, 2, 2008, Nicole Vitellone
Gender & Development, 16, 1, Barbara Limanowska
European Journal of Women’s Studies, 15, 4, 2008, Giulia Garofalo
International Feminist Journal of Politics, 10, 3, 2008, Wendy Harcourt
International Migration Review, 41, 3, 2007, Lynel Long
*Análise Social, 43, 4, 2008, Lorenzo Bordonaro
Theoretical Criminology, 12, 2, 2008, Melissa Ditmore
European Journal of Women’s Studies ,15, 2, 2008, Maggie O’Neill
Global Networks, 8, 3, 2008. Bridget Anderson
Main publications page here with links to all categories
–Laura Agustín, the Naked Anthropologist