ISBN:
0585000999
,
9780585000992
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
Online Ressource (x, 229 pages)
,
illustrations
Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg.
Paralleltitel:
Print version Reading, writing, and rewriting the prostitute body
DDC:
306.74209
Schlagwort(e):
Prostitution History
;
Feminist theory
;
Deconstruction
;
Prostitutes
;
Prostitution History
;
Prostitution
;
Prostitution
;
Prostitutes
;
Feminist theory
;
Deconstruction
;
Prostitution History
;
Sex Work
;
Sex Work history
;
Feminism
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PSYCHOLOGY ; Human Sexuality
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SELF-HELP ; Sexual Instruction
;
Deconstruction
;
Feminist theory
;
Prostitutes
;
Prostitution
;
Prostitutie
;
Gender Studies & Sexuality
;
Gender & Ethnic Studies
;
Social Sciences
;
History
;
Geschiedenis (vorm)
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Electronic books History
Kurzfassung:
1. Reading, Writing, and Rewriting the Prostitute Body -- 2. Reading the Hetairae in Plato's Texts -- 3. The Making of the Modern Prostitute Body -- 4. Writing the Prostitute Body: Feminist Reproductions -- 5. Rewriting the Prostitute Body: Prostitute Perspectives -- 6. Prostitute Performances: Sacred Carnival Theorists of the Female Body -- Conclusion: From Aspasia's Salon to the Sprinkle Salon.
Kurzfassung:
Bell shows how the flesh-and-blood female body engaged in sexual interaction for payment has no inherent meaning and is signified differently in different cultures or discourses. The author contends that modernity has produced "the prostitute" as the other within the categorial other: woman. --
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
1. Reading, Writing, and Rewriting the Prostitute Body2. Reading the Hetairae in Plato's Texts -- 3. The Making of the Modern Prostitute Body -- 4. Writing the Prostitute Body: Feminist Reproductions -- 5. Rewriting the Prostitute Body: Prostitute Perspectives -- 6. Prostitute Performances: Sacred Carnival Theorists of the Female Body -- Conclusion: From Aspasia's Salon to the Sprinkle Salon.
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-222) and index. - Description based on print version record
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