Harlots, Whores & Hackabouts: A History of Sex for Sale

Harlots, Whores & Hackabouts: A History of Sex for Sale

Authored by one of the most original contemporary thinkers on the subject, this book is an enlightening illustrated cultural history of the sex trade that puts sex workers center stage, revealing how …

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