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Oil economy and female prostitution in Port Harcourt
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Abstract The research directs attention to the relationship between oil economy and increase in female prostitution. Specifically, we x-ray the historical and dialectical origin of prostitution from the colonial to the post colonial era. We contend that, prostitution is a condition imposed on females from lo... mehr
The research directs attention to the relationship between oil economy and increase in female prostitution. Specifically, we x-ray the historical and dialectical origin of prostitution from the colonial to the post colonial era. We contend that, prostitution is a condition imposed on females from low income background by poverty and that oil exploration and exploitation activities which are a manifest consequence of the expanded reproduction of capital (ERC) accentuate the rate of prostitution particularly in Port Harcourt. It is against this backdrop that, we attempt to demystify the social processes and the dynamic relations that produce prostitution with a view to recommending theoretical and practical measures of curbing prostitution as a social problem.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Erdöl; Energiewirtschaft; Nigeria; Prostitution; Frau; soziales Problem; Armut; Ausbeutung; historische Entwicklung; Kolonialismus; soziale Klasse; Afrika
Klassifikation
Wirtschaftssektoren
soziale Probleme
Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2015
Seitenangabe
S. 121-132
Zeitschriftentitel
International Letters of Social and Humanistic Sciences (2015) 42
DOI
https://doi.org/10.18052/www.scipress.com/ILSHS.42.121
ISSN
2300-2697
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)