| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 291 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Series |
Worlds of desire |
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Worlds of desire.
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| Contents |
Sexual commerce in postindustrial culture -- Remapping the boundaries of "vice" -- Modern prostitution and its remnants -- The privatization of public women -- Desire, demand, and the commerce of sex -- The state, sexuality, and the market -- Sexuality debates and pleasure wars -- Appendix: A note on methodology |
| Summary |
Generations of social thinkers have assumed that access to legitimate paid employment and a decline in the 'double standard' would eliminate the reasons behind women's participation in prostitution. Yet in both the developing world and in postindustrial cities of the West, sexual commerce has continued to flourish, diversifying along technological, spatial, and social lines. In this deeply engaging and theoretically provocative study, Elizabeth Bernstein examines the social features that undergird the expansion and diversification of commercialized sex, demonstrating the ways that postindustri |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-277) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Prostitution.
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Sex industry
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Human Sexuality.
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SELF-HELP -- Sexual Instruction.
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Prostitution
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Sex industry
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Prostitution
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2006034203 |
| ISBN |
9780226044620 |
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0226044629 |
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