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1949-[ca. 2020] (Creation)
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- Brock, Deborah R. (Deborah Rose), 1956-
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0.93 m of textual records
76 posters
2 DVDs
3 photographs
1 print ; 56 x 40 cm
1 CD-R
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Deborah R. Brock is an academic and professor specializing in research and teaching on sex work and social, sexual and moral regulation. She received a BA in Sociology and Canadian Studies from the University of Waterloo, a MA in Sociology from Carleton University (1984), and a Ph.D. in Sociology from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto (1990). Brock taught at Ryerson Polytechnic University, Wilfrid Laurier University and Trent University before joining York University's Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies in the Department of Sociology. She retired as a Professor Emeritus in 2024.
Brock is the author of "Making Work, Making Trouble: Prostitution As a Social Problem" (1998) and "Making Normal: Social Regulation in Canada" (2003), co-editor of "Power and Everyday Practices" (2011), "Criminalization, Representation and Regulation" (2014), "Power and Everyday Practices" (2019), and editor of "Governing the Social in Neoliberal Times" (2019).
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Fonds consists of records documenting Deborah Brock's research, writing and activism pertaining to feminism, women's sexuality, sex work, and the decriminalization of sex work. These records include reports, legal documents, government legislation, newspaper and magazine clippings, policy documents, correspondence, press releases, draft manuscripts, research notes, interview notes and transcripts, conference materials, speaking notes, pamphlets, protest memorabilia and ephemera (flyers, buttons, fabric signs, a scarf), and posters relating to a variety of social justice issues.
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- German
- Spanish
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Access is generally open, with a few exceptions: File 2024-016/002(12) requires the signing of a research agreement; files 2024-016/006(02), 2024-016/006(03), 2024-016/006(04), 2024-016/006(05), 2024-016/006(06), 2024-016/006(07), and
2024-016/006(08) are closed until 1 January 2045.
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2025/06/18 J. Grant. Creation.
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- English