Title Soho at work : pleasure and place in contemporary London / Melissa Tyler

Published Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, [2020]

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 234 pages) Contents Introduction: Pleasure and place in Soho -- Soho : London's gilded gutter -- Putting work in its place : space, place and setting -- Shopping for sex : situating work in Soho's sex shops -- It's a dirty job : performing abject labour in Soho -- No place for a lady? Un/doing gender and sexuality in Soho -- Conclusion: Rhythm is our business Summary "As a place that 'plays to all the senses' Soho has, throughout its history, been something of an abject space, maintaining a long-standing appeal as simultaneously alluring and threatening, exploiting many of those who work and consume there, at the same time as carefully nurturing its reputation as a place of bohemian indulgence, offering a warm embrace and a sense of belonging in the heart of an otherwise relatively anonymous urban environment. In his Foreword to Bernie Katz's book Soho Society, Stephen Fry emphasizes this, highlighting how the area has always offered 'outsiders' a chance to be themselves: 'Soho's public face of drugs, prostitution and seedy Bohemia ... has always hidden a private soul of family, neighborhood, kindness, warmth and connection, and those qualities shine through doggedly'. Yet Soho also has a long-standing reputation for violence and exploitation. Even Fry, one of its most vociferous defenders, is quick to warn us against being sentimental about Soho, for 'suffering, failure, sickness, despair and loneliness' are also found there in abundance as some of London's most vulnerable people either gravitate to the area or are drawn there by other means, often combining desperation with market forces"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed Subject Sex workers -- England -- London -- Social conditions -- 21st century Sex industry -- England -- London Gentrification -- England -- London Place attachment -- England -- London Ethnology -- England -- London Sex workers -- Social conditions. Economic history. Ethnology. Gentrification. Place attachment. Sex industry. Social conditions. Soho (London, England) -- Social conditions -- 21st century Soho (London, England) -- Economic conditions -- 21st century England -- London. England -- London -- Soho. Form Electronic book LC no. 2019037650 ISBN 9781316875704 1316875709 1107182735 9781107182738 1316635597 9781316635599

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