ISBN:
9780203737569
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (313 p)
Series Statement:
Routledge advances in sociology 135
Parallel Title:
Druckausg. (Sub)urban sexscapes
DDC:
338.473067
Keywords:
Electronic books
;
Sexindustrie
;
Pornografie
;
Geografie
;
Regulierung
Abstract:
(Sub)Urban Sexscapes brings together a collection of theoretically-informed and empirically rich case studies from internationally renowned and emerging scholars highlighting the contemporary and historical geographies and regulation of the commercial sex industry. Contributions in this edited volume examine the spatial and regulatory contours of the sex industry from a range of disciplinary perspectives-urban planning, urban geography, urban sociology, and, cultural and media studies-and geographical contexts-Australia, the UK, US and North Africa. In overall terms, (Sub)urban Sexscapes highl
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of figures; List of maps; List of tables; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; 1 Spatial and regulatory contours of the (sub)urban sexscape; PART I Geographies of the sex industry; 2 Cosmo-sexual Sydney: global city status, urban cosmopolitanism and the (sub)urban sexscape; 3 Sex shops in England's cities: from the backstreets to the high streets; 4 Conflict and coexistence? Strip clubs and neighbors in "Pornland," Oregon; 5 Telecommunications impacts on the structure and organization of the male sex industry
Description / Table of Contents:
6 Housing sex within the city: the placement of sex services beyond respectable domesticity?7 The landscape of BDSM venues: a view from down under; PART II Regulation of the sex industry; 8 Sexual entertainment, dread risks and the heterosexualization of community space; 9 Sex and the virtual suburbs: the pornosphere and community standards; 10 Planning prostitution in colonial Morocco: Bousbir, Casablanca's quartier réservé; 11 Regulating adult business to make spaces safe for heterosexual families in Atlanta
Description / Table of Contents:
12 Legal landscapes of erotic cities: comparing legal "prostitution" in New South Wales and Nevada13 From perception to reality: negative secondary effects and effective regulation of sex businesses in the United States; 14 Conclusion: towards pragmatic regulation of the sex industry; Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
