Daughter, Mother, Grandmother, and Whore

“Amid a tempest of hemispheric social movements, this skillfully framed volume unveils the potent life narrative of an international icon of the sex worker's movement. With unfiltered candor, Gabriela Leite shares her intimate lessons in life and politics, delivering an unflinching message of solidarity and resistance for new generations of sexual rights activists.” - Juana María Rodríguez, author of Puta Life: Seeing Latinas, Working Sex

“Daughter, Mother, Grandmother, and Whore is an expertly rendered and deeply important work. Gabriela Leite was a lioness in the history of the global sex workers’ rights movement. Activists all over the world know who she is and will welcome this autobiography. It can also be taught for various classes in social justice activism, gender and sexuality studies, sociology, anthropology, and public health.” - Gregory Mitchell, author of Panics without Borders: How Global Sporting Events Drive Myths about Sex Trafficking

"Gabriela Leite’s remarkable memoir chronicling her life as an activist sex worker in Brazil provides a fascinating window on how Latin American social thought differs from its neocolonial counterparts." - Gavin O'Toole, Latin American Review of Books

"Leite’s poignant, sometimes painful memoir opens a window into the world of Brazilian brothels. . . . [E]ngaging, candid. . . ." - Richard Feinberg, Foreign Affairs

"Leite’s [book] is a fundamental text for the canon of testimonial literature in Latin America." - Natalia Milanesio, Journal of the History of Sexuality

"More than a memoir. . . . Leite . . . [leaves] readers with a nuanced understanding into politics of everyday life." - Noemi Chiavassa, Exertions

"[T]his is not just an autobiography; it is also a historical document, a political analysis, a memoir, an urban chronicle, and a treatise on philosophy and ethics written from a social position whose legitimacy is often denied." - Katharine Trajano, E.I.A.L.