Kate Hausbeck is a
co-founder of the Sex and Body Industry Research Project (The SABIR Project) with friend, colleague and
co-author, Barb Brents. In the course of this research, Kate and Barb have studied the organization and
expansion of the sex industry in the United States and documented what has been called 'the
pornographication of everyday life.' Specifically, they have focused on the structure, organization and
culture of the sex industry in Las Vegas (so-called sin-city and the symbolic center of the American sex
industry) and on America's only system of legalized prostitution: the Nevada brothels. Currently, Hausbeck
and Brents are finishing a co-authored book, The State of Sex: The Nevada Brothel Industry, with
Routledge Publishers. Examples of other SABIR publications include a chapter in Ron Weitzer, ed,
Sex For Sale: Prostitution, Pornography and the Sex Industry, an article on the "McDonaldization of Sex," and an article in Sociological Perspectives titled, "State Sanctioned Sex: Negotiating Formal and Informal Regulations in Nevada Brothels." In addition to ongoing SABIR publications, Kate is currently writing two other articles, "The Body Industry, or The Sexual Logic of Late Capitalism," and "(Re)Conceptualizing 'Trafficking': Clarifying the Role of Discourse in Policy and Practice." A version of the latter article (co-authored with Teri Pfeiffer, UNLV SOC Ph.D. student) was presented at "The Human Rights Challenge of Globalization in Asia-Pacific-USA: The Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children" Conference co-sponsored by the Globalization Research Center and the East-West Center in November, 2002. In the summer of 2002, Kate spent two months in China where she taught a course on "Women and Gender in Chinese Culture" through the USAC Program and Sichuan University, and she began laying the groundwork for future research on the evolution of gender, sexuality and the body industry in China's
transitional market economy.
Kate Hausbeck is a
co-founder of the Sex and Body Industry Research Project (The SABIR Project) with friend, colleague and
co-author, Barb Brents. In the course of this research, Kate and Barb have studied the organization and
expansion of the sex industry in the United States and documented what has been called 'the
pornographication of everyday life.' Specifically, they have focused on the structure, organization and
culture of the sex industry in Las Vegas (so-called sin-city and the symbolic center of the American sex
industry) and on America's only system of legalized prostitution: the Nevada brothels. Currently, Hausbeck
and Brents are finishing a co-authored book, The State of Sex: The Nevada Brothel Industry, with
Routledge Publishers. Examples of other SABIR publications include a chapter in Ron Weitzer, ed,
Sex For Sale: Prostitution, Pornography and the Sex Industry, an article on the "McDonaldization of Sex," and an article in Sociological Perspectives titled, "State Sanctioned Sex: Negotiating Formal and Informal Regulations in Nevada Brothels." In addition to ongoing SABIR publications, Kate is currently writing two other articles, "The Body Industry, or The Sexual Logic of Late Capitalism," and "(Re)Conceptualizing 'Trafficking': Clarifying the Role of Discourse in Policy and Practice." A version of the latter article (co-authored with Teri Pfeiffer, UNLV SOC Ph.D. student) was presented at "The Human Rights Challenge of Globalization in Asia-Pacific-USA: The Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children" Conference co-sponsored by the Globalization Research Center and the East-West Center in November, 2002. In the summer of 2002, Kate spent two months in China where she taught a course on "Women and Gender in Chinese Culture" through the USAC Program and Sichuan University, and she began laying the groundwork for future research on the evolution of gender, sexuality and the body industry in China's
transitional market economy.
