Control by Proxy: The Regulation of Indigenous Peoples and Settler Labour via Canadian Anti-Sex Work Laws, 1865-2016
dc.contributor.author | Kobryn-Dietrich, Tierney | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-07-11T19:20:41Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-07-11T19:20:41Z | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10464/13585 | |
dc.description.abstract | This study examines Canada’s history of anti-sex legislation from 1865 to 2016 and demonstrates that these laws exist primarily to maintain the ideological boundaries between whiteness and indigeneity. The study forwards a theory that accounts for the ways in which anti- sex work legislation assists in a) the appropriation of land through the removal and/or isolation of indigenous peoples and b) maintaining hegemonic control over settler labour. To this end, three time periods are identified in which violent settlement and the production of white, middle- class personhood were features of the regularization of capitalist-colonial rule, and where anti- sex work laws played a vital role in the management of instabilities manifested by indigenous activism and labour discontent: the consummation of the Canadian colonial system (1850 - 1900), industrialization (1900 - 1920) and neoliberalism (1970s - current). By examining the cur- rent and historical legislative framework regulating sex work, this study aims to demonstrate how both the legal framework and its enforcement act as proxies for controlling land and labour. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | Brock University | en_US |
dc.subject | sex work | en_US |
dc.title | Control by Proxy: The Regulation of Indigenous Peoples and Settler Labour via Canadian Anti-Sex Work Laws, 1865-2016 | en_US |
dc.type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation | en |
dc.degree.name | M.A. Critical Sociology | en_US |
dc.degree.level | Masters | en_US |
dc.contributor.department | Department of Sociology | en_US |
dc.degree.discipline | Faculty of Social Sciences | en_US |
refterms.dateFOA | 2020-04-30T00:00:00Z |