Inventing Sex Work

Authors

  • Scarlot Harlot Independent artist (in memorian)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.9771/peri.v3i20.59310

Abstract

Abstract: This contribution is a translation into Brazilian Portuguese of the essay Inventing Sex Work (1997) by North American activist Carol Leigh/ Scarlot Harlot, composed from its English version and the Spanish translation, La invención del Trabajo Sexual (2016) by Cecilia Varela (CONICET/UBA) and Santiago Morcillo (CONICET/UNSJ). In the text Harlot narrates in first person her process of formation as a feminist activist in the 1970s and 1980s in various groups, noting the stigmatization with which prostitutes were treated in these environments. Her concern, added to her own experiences as a prostitute and the need to find new ways of naming the occupation, led her to coin the terms 'sex work', 'sex worker', and 'sex work industry' in her feminist interventions. Thus, this essay of great importance for the contemporary struggles of sex workers is retrieved in tandem with a discussion of some aspects of the process in a translation note.

 

Key words: Scarlot Harlot; Sex Work; Prostitution; Slutfeminism; Feminist Translation.

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Author Biography

Scarlot Harlot, Independent artist (in memorian)

 

Carol Leigh, aka Scarlot Harlot, was an activist, artist, filmmaker and educator. Harlot left us in 2023. At the memorial organized by her friends, you can access records of her legacy of more than 40 years of work and activism. https://carolleighmemorial.com/

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Published

2024-12-04

How to Cite

Harlot, S. (2024). Inventing Sex Work. Revista Periódicus, 3(20), 272–283. https://doi.org/10.9771/peri.v3i20.59310

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 20 (2024): Non binarity: an emerging idendity in contemporary Brazil

Section

Traduções

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