Banishment through Branding
From Montréal's Red Light District to Quartier des Spectacles
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5934150 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rhianne Fiolka (0000-0002-9973-0286, McGill University, corresponding author), Zack Marshall (0000-0003-2315-3512, McGill University), Andrew Kramer (0000-0001-8109-8449, McGill University) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 9 |
| Pages | 420 |
| Publication date | 2022-09-14 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Sciences (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2076-0760 • E-ISSN: 2076-0760 |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/socsci11090420 |
| OpenAlex | W4296103555 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 32 |
This paper analyzes how the City of Montréal employed tools of urban planning-including a district plan, street redesign, rezoning, selective public consultation, expropriation, policing and surveillance-to spatially banish sex work from its historic district, using the red light symbol as a branding strategy. This coincided with a change in federal law (Bill C-36) and a policy shift to reposition sex workers as passive victims of sex trafficking. Using a case study design, this work explores the state's refusal to recognize the agency of those engaged in embodied socio-economic exchanges and the safety and solidarity possible in public space. In interviews, sex workers described strategies of collective organizing, resistance and protest to hold the city accountable during this process of displacement. We consider how urban planning might support sex work, sex workers and economic autonomy
Agency (philosophy · Autonomy · Expropriation · Political science · Public relations · Public space · Resistance (ecology · Sex work · Social science · Sociology · Solidarity · Work (physics · Engineering · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk · Law · Sex work and related issues · Water Governance and Infrastructure
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The meaning of the built environment during gentrification in Canada
Ghent’s Red-Light District in Comparative Perspective
Placing prostitution
The gentrification of progressive red-light districts and new moral geographies
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The Social Ecology of Red-Light Districts
Informal governance and the spatial management of street-based sex work in Aotearoa New Zealand
Genderbashing
Noxious Neighbours? Interrogating the Impacts of Sex Premises in Residential Areas
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |