04 - The Other Little House on the Prairie
Tracy dives into the history of sex work in the settlement of the Canadian prairies. Here she talks about how sex workers were foundational to the economic and cultural function of early settlements, with special emphasis on Winnipeg, Saskatoon, and Calgary.
Sources and Further Reading
Bourgeois, N. (2018). Race, space, and prostitution: The making of settler colonial Canada. POWER. https://www.powerottawa.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Bourgeois-2018.pdf
Gray, J. H. (1971). Red lights on the prairies. Macmillan of Canada.
Lee, G. (2015, June 17). Prostituted words: Time for a new style guide…
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