Gayle Macdonald
Biographic Data
| ID | 3920762 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gayle Macdonald |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gayle |
| FAMILY NAME | Macdonald |
| SIGNATURE | MACDONALD G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Thomas University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The politics of everyday life as a sex worker: "Affect", stigma and resistance
This study involves an analysis and rethinking of sex workers' perceptions of stigma, using Goffman's theory of stigma management contrasted with Thirft's non-representational theory (NRT). We begin with a discussion of sex work experience in a unique locale in Atlantic Canada, an urban area removed from the rest of the country by distance, policing history, religious oversight and custom. We chose examples from sex worker interviews of their 'fe…
Social Context and Social Location in the Sociology of Law
Gender, Sexualities and Law
Sex Workers in the Maritimes Talk Back
Sex workers are often the “objects” of study for academics and policy makers. Theories about their lives and the policies that affect their work are usually developed without input from the sex workers themselves, as they are rarely seen as capable of analyzing the social and political world in which they work. In this book, however, sex workers set the tone. Leslie Ann Jeffrey and Gayle MacDonald interview sex workers in three Maritime cities an…
It's the Money, Honey”: The Economy of Sex Work in the Maritimes
Cet article se fonde sur une série d'interviews menés auprès de 60 travailleurs du sexe dans trois villes des Provinces maritimes. Nous avons trouvé que ces travailleurs prenaient souvent des décisions prudentes entre les choix économiques, notamment le travail a salaire minimal ou le bien-être social, ou entre le travail sexuel de maison ou de rue. Les interviews révélaient des modèles de résistance à l'endroit des structures économiques dominan…
Good Sex: Feminist Perspectives from the World's Religions
Journal Article Good Sex: Feminist Perspectives from the World's Religions, by Patricia Beattie-Jung, Mary E. Hunt, and Radhika Balakrishnan, (eds.) New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2000, 207+ pp., $20. (paper) Get access Gayle MacDonald Gayle MacDonald St Thomas University, Fredericton, NB Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Sociology of Religion, Volume 63, Issue 2, Summer 2002, Pages 256–257, ht…
The Crown Owns All the Land? The Mi'gmaq of Listuguj Resist
It's the Money, Honey”: The Economy of Sex Work in the Maritimes
Cet article se fonde sur une série d'interviews menés auprès de 60 travailleurs du sexe dans trois villes des Provinces maritimes. Nous avons trouvé que ces travailleurs prenaient souvent des décisions prudentes entre les choix économiques, notamment le travail a salaire minimal ou le bien-être social, ou entre le travail sexuel de maison ou de rue. Les interviews révélaient des modèles de résistance à l'endroit des structures économiques dominan…
Gender, Sexualities and Law
The Crown Owns All the Land? The Mi'gmaq of Listuguj Resist
Good Sex: Feminist Perspectives from the World's Religions
Journal Article Good Sex: Feminist Perspectives from the World's Religions, by Patricia Beattie-Jung, Mary E. Hunt, and Radhika Balakrishnan, (eds.) New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2000, 207+ pp., $20. (paper) Get access Gayle MacDonald Gayle MacDonald St Thomas University, Fredericton, NB Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Sociology of Religion, Volume 63, Issue 2, Summer 2002, Pages 256–257, ht…
It's the Money, Honey”: The Economy of Sex Work in the Maritimes
Cet article se fonde sur une série d'interviews menés auprès de 60 travailleurs du sexe dans trois villes des Provinces maritimes. Nous avons trouvé que ces travailleurs prenaient souvent des décisions prudentes entre les choix économiques, notamment le travail a salaire minimal ou le bien-être social, ou entre le travail sexuel de maison ou de rue. Les interviews révélaient des modèles de résistance à l'endroit des structures économiques dominan…
Sex Workers in the Maritimes Talk Back
Sex workers are often the “objects” of study for academics and policy makers. Theories about their lives and the policies that affect their work are usually developed without input from the sex workers themselves, as they are rarely seen as capable of analyzing the social and political world in which they work. In this book, however, sex workers set the tone. Leslie Ann Jeffrey and Gayle MacDonald interview sex workers in three Maritime cities an…
Gender, Sexualities and Law
Social Context and Social Location in the Sociology of Law
The politics of everyday life as a sex worker: "Affect", stigma and resistance
This study involves an analysis and rethinking of sex workers' perceptions of stigma, using Goffman's theory of stigma management contrasted with Thirft's non-representational theory (NRT). We begin with a discussion of sex work experience in a unique locale in Atlantic Canada, an urban area removed from the rest of the country by distance, policing history, religious oversight and custom. We chose examples from sex worker interviews of their 'fe…
Sociology (5 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Sex work and related issues (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Gender, Feminism, and Media (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Law in Society and Culture (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Psychology (2 works)