{"product_id":"2026200012854-secondhand-prostitutes-our-life","title":"Prostitutes: Our Life","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the intersection of personal testimony and political awakening, Prostitutes: Our Life presents a landmark collection of first-hand accounts from women in the sex trade, edited by Claude Jaget and drawn directly from the voices of those who lived it. Emerging from the landmark 1975 French prostitutes' strike — when sex workers occupied Lyon's Saint-Nizier church in protest against police brutality and social marginalisation — the book chronicles the raw, unfiltered experiences of women who refused to be silenced, giving testimony to a movement that shook French society to its core. Translated by Anna Furse, Susie Fleming, and Ruth Hall, and introduced by Margaret Valentino and Mavis Johnson of the English Collective of Prostitutes, the work carries both the urgency of reportage and the weight of collective resistance.\n\nWith an afterword by Margo St. James, the pioneering American activist and chairwoman of Call Off Your Old Tired Ethics (COYOTE), the text situates these personal narratives within a broader international struggle for sex workers' rights, dignity, and legal recognition. Jaget's editorial hand is careful and compassionate, allowing the contradictions, humour, and humanity of each speaker to emerge without editorial judgement. A vital document of feminist and labour history, Prostitutes: Our Life remains as urgent and provocative today as when it was first published — a testament to what happens when the marginalised claim the right to speak for themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49203279364315,"sku":"2026200012854-SECONDHAND","price":25.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/5f4d8bfa-fd6c-4632-bb45-22efa967b21c.png?v=1788147386","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200012854-secondhand-prostitutes-our-life","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}