Challenging discourses about the regulatory use of sexuality and gender, Thusi exposes the limitations of dominant feminist arguments regarding the legal treatment of sex work.
I. India Thusi is Professor of Law at Indiana University Bloomington Maurer School of Law, with a joint appointment at the Kinsey Institute. She has worked with the ACLU, Human Rights Watch, the Center for Constitutional Rights, and The Opportunity Agenda.
INTRODUCTION
1. POLICING AND SEX WORK IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
2. MAPPING THE POLICING OF SEX WORK
3. INFORMAL POLICING IN ROSEBANK
4. POLICING BEAUTY
5. SEX WORK, FEMINISM, AND POLICY
CONCLUSION