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- Title
Organizing Prostitution Through Silence^Discourse: Unveiling Masks of a Masquerade.
- Authors
Taylor, Julie L.; Canary, Heather E.
- Abstract
Prostitution operates as a hidden organized activity relying on covert organizing processes in order to function. This study analyzes how both talk and silence discursively construct prostitution. Data, including prostitution policies and in-depth interviews, revealed that certain participants are marked silent while others are made visible. Results are presented through a metaphor of a masquerade in order to illuminate the complexity of hidden organizing. This metaphor offers a way to examine systematic and pervasive silence(s) within hidden organizing. Implications are offered for theory and research of the discursive construction of hidden organizations.
- Subjects
HISTORY of sex work; SEX work; SOCIAL aspects of sex work; SOCIOLOGY; SEX industry; ORGANIZED crime; PSYCHOLOGY
- Publication
Western Journal of Communication, 2017, Vol 81, Issue 1, p21
- ISSN
1057-0314
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1080/10570314.2016.1216161