Tilbake til søkeresultatene

SAMF-Fagkomiteen for samfunnsvitenskap

Prostitution, gender and migration: Russian women selling sex in Norway

Tildelt: kr 7,5 mill.

Prosjektleder:

Prosjektnummer:

172423

Søknadstype:

Prosjektperiode:

2006 - 2011

Geografi:

The project is built around two main research interests: Transnational prostitution as a form of female migration, and prostitution as a field where important political and academic conflicts around gender and sexuality are played out. By approaching pros titution across borders from these two angles, we will link the issue to larger processes of female migration, and discuss how discourses on prostitution and migrant women can give insights on dominant ideas about gender and sexuality. The empirical focu s will be on Russian women selling sex in Norway. In politics and research, consideration has been given to the conditions under which the women live and to how they get into prostitution. Various political actions have been taken to improve their situati on and to counter trafficking. Still, knowledge about these women and how they enter prostitution is limited. Who are they, how do they enter prostitution, and how and why do they come to Norway? What are the discourses around the issue, and how has the p roblem of transnational prostitution been defined and handled politically in the two countries? We will focus on local practices and discourses as well as national discourses and policies, and address how these levels interact. An important goal is to ana lyse how prostitution is experienced by those directly involved, and relate this to macro-level discourses and policies. Another goal is to contribute substantially to international research on prostitution. A central theme will be how gender interacts w ith other distinguishing dimensions, like class, ethnicity and nationality. Prostitution challenges common notions about sex, love, man- and womanhood. Through our own intake, we hope to make a significant contribution to social scientific theorizing on p rostitution, but also theorising on sexuality and gender more broadly. By working with Russian colleagues, we also aim to strengthen existing research cooperation between our institutions and countries.

Budsjettformål:

SAMF-Fagkomiteen for samfunnsvitenskap