Reviews/Interviews

Sex at the Margins is ‘ . . . one of the most important books on migration published in recent years.’ The New Statesman

You can link to some thoughtful reviews of Sex at the Margins and interviews with me from this page. Academic reviews are lower down - mostly references only, for copyright reasons.

Book reviews from print and online media. Some of these authors contacted me for an interview which is integrated into the review.

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

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

Radio interviews.

Some have readable online transcripts and some you can listen to as mp3 recordings here or online.

Thinking Allowed, BBC Radio 4, London, December 2007

Doug Henwood’s Behind the News, WBAI, New York, November 2007

Counterpoint, Australian Broadcasting Corp, Sydney, May 2008

Beneath the Surface, KPFK, Los Angeles, January 2008

Woman’s Hour, BBC Radio 4, London, May 2006

Reviews in academic journals

Culture, Health & Sexuality, 11, 5, 2009, Alexandra Lutnick

Journal of Ethnic & Migration Studies, 35, 6, 2009, Alison Phipps

Qualitative Sociology, 32, 1, 2009, AnneMarie Cesario and Lynn Chancer. Sex Work: A Review of Recent Literature.

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 15, 172-218, 2009, Siân Oram

Sexuality Research and Social Policy, 5, 4, 2008, Don Kulick

Body and Society, 14, 2, 2008, Nicole Vitellone

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

Among those still in the pipeline

Sexualities, Dan Allman

Gender, Place and Culture, Elizabeth Bernstein

Feminist Review

Sexualities review essay, Ken Plummer

Mondi Migranti, Daniela Danna

Mirjana Morokvasic

Articles that use my ideas to spark other lines of thought

Trafficking: the return of the ‘white slavery’ scare? Brendan O’Neill in Spiked.com, January 2008

Bloggingheads: Sex Slaves? New York Times Opinion bog, Kerry Howley and Will Wilkerson, spring 2008

Prostituting women’s solidarity, Nathalie Rothschild in Spiked.com, November 2008