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Securitization and the Effective Criminalization of Sex Work in Brazil

Mon, May 30, 12:45 to 2:15pm, TBA

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This session concentrates on the impacts of the increasing tendency to criminalize and/or securitize social questions on sex work in Brazil, particularly in light of the on-going global moral panic surrounding trafficking in persons. The papers discuss the interface between prostitution and the police/social security/human rights apparatuses, paying particular attention to how capillary/local forms of power employ hegemonic discourses regarding crime, trafficking, mega-events, sexuality, gender and vulnerabilities to engage with the sale of sex. Of equal importance to our authors is describing how the discourses and practices surrounding prostitution have adapted to these new realities.

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