Indigenous Australian sexualities explored through the lens of sex work

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Abstract

One way to map Indigenous sexuality is to chronicle Indigenous peoples’ lives in sexual spaces. In this chapter, I engage with Indigenous Australian people in the sphere of sex work. The space of the body and its geographies of sexuality and gender are highlighted within the bounds of sex-work labour, economics and sexual autonomy. Such research on Indigenous Australians’ sexual relations aims to encourage new understandings of sex, sexuality and gender and to stimulate different ways of (re)imagining Indigenous bodies. This chapter is offered as an affirmation of Indigenous rights to self-determination, as well as a form of resistance against the misrepresentation of Indigenous sexualities and gender diversity. Indigenous sexuality is not just about having sex; it is about identity and self-determination (Barker 2017b). It is about gender, body and the expression of those two things.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationRoutledge Handbook of Gender and Feminist Geographies
EditorsAnindita Datta, Peter Hopkins, Lynda Johnston, Elizabeth Olson, Joseli Maria Silva
Place of PublicationU.K.
PublisherRoutledge
Pages17-26
Number of pages10
ISBN (Electronic)9781315164748
ISBN (Print)9781138057685
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2020

Keywords

  • Aboriginal Australians
  • gender
  • gender identity
  • sexuality

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