The starting point for this book is the question of how we research sex for sale and the implications of the choices we make in terms of epistemology and ethics.

Marlene Spanger is Associate Professor in the Department of Culture and Global Studies at Aalborg University, Denmark　

May-Len Skilbrei is Professor in the Department of Criminology and Sociology of Law at the University of Oslo, Norway

Acknowledgement

1. Exploring sex for sale: Methodological concerns

Marlene Spanger and May-Len Skilbrei

Theme 1 Manoeuvring in a politicised research field

2. History and the politics of prostitution - Prostitution and the politics of history

Judith R. Walkowitz

3. Speaking the truth about prostitution

May-Len Skilbrei

4. Troubling unknowns and certainties in prostitution policy claims-making

Isabel Crowhurst

Theme 2 Researching for, about and with sex workers

5. Epistemologically privileging the sex worker: Uncovering the rehearsed and presumed in sex work studies

Lorraine Nencel

6. Collaborative research with sex workers

Carol Harrington

7. The voice of images: Photovoice, sex workers and affective engagement

Sealing Cheng

Theme 3 Dangerous positions? Establishing the research field of sex for sale

8. What do emotions do? Circulations of annoyance, hostility and shame in fieldwork

Marlene Spanger

9. Contamination or engagement? Doing class in prostitution research

Jeanett Bjønness

10. Seducing the seducer: Negotiating desire, discomfort and power in fieldwork

Christian Groes

Notes on contributors

Index