"Bitches Killing the Nation": Analyzing the Violent State-Sponsored Repression of Sex Workers in Zambia, 2004-2008.

In 2004, the Zambian government ushered in a period of increased state repression of sex work that took place in the name of protecting the nation from HIV. Repression was articulated through the application of a new curfew ordinance, detention, and high levels of violence against sex workers by sta...

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Published in:	Signs: Journal of Women in Culture & Society Vol. 39; no. 2; pp. 365 - 382
Main Author:	Crago, Anna-Louise
Format:	Article
Published:	University of Chicago Press Winter2014
Subjects:	Zambia Sex workers Sex work AIDS Attitudes toward AIDS (Disease) Attitudes toward sex Political persecution Zambian politics & government, 1991-
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