Global Sex

'Every once in a while, we get a very, very special book. A book that can show us something we’ve never seen before, a book that can change lives because it opens our eyes. A book that is a gift in every sense of the word. Such a book is anthropologist Sine Plambech’s Global Sex: What Sex Workers Know About Love and Capitalism.' (Six out of Six Hearts)

-- Sigrid Adamsson * 6 hjerter: Brutal og rørende bog om sexarbejdere kan ændre liv *

'You cannot get through this horizon- and heart-expanding book without being touched . . . Rarely does a single book manage to contribute so much – facts, understanding, emotions – that makes you wiser about the world and yourself. And especially about sex workers and their dreams, daily lives, and ambitions, and what they know about love and capitalism.' (5 out of 5 Stars)

-- Karoline Noer * Antropolog: »Vi mangler varme hænder – hvorfor henter vi dem ikke nede på Istedgade? *

'Incredibly enlightening, nuanced and eye-opening book. I have become infinitely wiser myself . . . Sine Plambech has spent much of her adult working life following in the footsteps of some of the millions of women who use and abuse their bodies every day in the global sex industry. It’s about money and survival. For themselves and their families. And it’s about where in the world you were born and raised, writes the award-winning anthropologist in her excellent book.' (5 out 5 Stars)

-- Katrine Sommer Boysen * Jeg vil anbefale alle at læse denne bog. Jeg er selv blevet uendeligt meget klogere *

'Global Sex is a landmark book. For everyone who reads it, there will be a before and an after.'

-- Lone Kühlmann * Global Sex: To get help, the women must first be a victim *

'It is Plambech's merit that the women . . . materialize in the book with a self-image as active rebels. Problem solvers who, with great willpower, take action to change their living conditions and do not passively accept an unimaginably harsh life of poverty and unemployment for themselves, their children and their families.'

-- Lone Kühlmann * Global Sex: To get help, the women must first be a victim *

'At the end of the book, the reader is left with great empathy and respect for global sex workers. They are in many ways the heroes.' 

-- Thomas Damholt * Global Sex: What Sex Workers Know About Love and Capitalism Review *

'By following in Sine’s anthropological footsteps, we come to see that the paths of money, capitalism, and love are mysterious and unpredictable – for better and for worse. After reading Global Sex, one’s worldview is altered, both in grand and subtle ways. It becomes clear that we need new, nuanced narratives.'

-- The Gyldendal Non-Fiction Award