Estudos sobre prostituição: uma revisão da bibliografia sobre o tema e sua inserção no campo dos estudos de gênero

Abstract

This article aims at tracing a brief historical background of studies of prostitution from the analysis of some relevant and that are references in production on the subject at different times. Thus, it aims to present as gender studies influenced the studies of prostitution and how researchers undertook this theme fruitful dialogues from the incorporation of critical analytical categories of gender. Therefore, reflecting on the issues that permeated the debates on the gendered relations in diverse societies, it is intended to demonstrate the existing intersections between both studies, which historically have come to share common issues with the emergence of studies on sexuality. Furthermore, it is intended to outline the historical transformations of perspectives on the issue of prostitution occurred in these studies - which began with a discourse on the practice sanitarian and currently focus on analyzes of the assemblages of the profession by sex workers.