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Lost at the intersections: a postcolonial approach to the Swedish Sex Purchase Act

Basto da Silva, Daniela LU (2020) SIMV22 20201
Master of Science in Social Studies of Gender
Graduate School
Abstract
This study focuses on the Swedish Sex Purchase Act and their claims of help and support to prostitutes, as outlined by two propositions: Kvinnofrid (proposition 1997/98:55) and in the 10-year evaluation of the Act (SOU 2010:49). It investigates these claims through an ethnography of law method and data collected from fieldwork is interpreted and reflected through the conceptual framework of postcolonial feminist legal theory and intersectionality. My findings uncovered the rather inclusionary and exclusionary practices of the Swedish welfare state, where victimhood is contingent upon the identity of the sex worker. As the overwhelming majority of prostitutes in Sweden are either migrants and/or homo-, bi-sexual, and transgender, this study... (More)
This study focuses on the Swedish Sex Purchase Act and their claims of help and support to prostitutes, as outlined by two propositions: Kvinnofrid (proposition 1997/98:55) and in the 10-year evaluation of the Act (SOU 2010:49). It investigates these claims through an ethnography of law method and data collected from fieldwork is interpreted and reflected through the conceptual framework of postcolonial feminist legal theory and intersectionality. My findings uncovered the rather inclusionary and exclusionary practices of the Swedish welfare state, where victimhood is contingent upon the identity of the sex worker. As the overwhelming majority of prostitutes in Sweden are either migrants and/or homo-, bi-sexual, and transgender, this study demonstrates that the Sex Purchase Act is concerned with immigration practices, and where applicable, displays a lack of specialized needs due to the misrecognition of one’s identity. (Less)
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author
Basto da Silva, Daniela LU
supervisor
organization
course
SIMV22 20201
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
Sweden Sex Purchase Act, prostitution, sex workers, postcolonialism, intersectionality
language
English
id
9027225
date added to LUP
2020-09-01 10:44:17
date last changed
2020-09-07 11:06:22
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  abstract     = {{This study focuses on the Swedish Sex Purchase Act and their claims of help and support to prostitutes, as outlined by two propositions: Kvinnofrid (proposition 1997/98:55) and in the 10-year evaluation of the Act (SOU 2010:49). It investigates these claims through an ethnography of law method and data collected from fieldwork is interpreted and reflected through the conceptual framework of postcolonial feminist legal theory and intersectionality. My findings uncovered the rather inclusionary and exclusionary practices of the Swedish welfare state, where victimhood is contingent upon the identity of the sex worker. As the overwhelming majority of prostitutes in Sweden are either migrants and/or homo-, bi-sexual, and transgender, this study demonstrates that the Sex Purchase Act is concerned with immigration practices, and where applicable, displays a lack of specialized needs due to the misrecognition of one’s identity.}},
  author       = {{Basto da Silva, Daniela}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Lost at the intersections: a postcolonial approach to the Swedish Sex Purchase Act}},
  year         = {{2020}},
}