| 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
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Sex industry -- England -- London
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Gentrification -- England -- London
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Place attachment -- England -- London
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Ethnology -- England -- London
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Sex workers -- Social conditions.
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Economic history.
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Ethnology.
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Gentrification.
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Place attachment.
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Sex industry.
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Social conditions.
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| SUBJECT |
Soho (London, England) -- Social conditions -- 21st century
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Soho (London, England) -- Economic conditions -- 21st century
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| Subject |
England -- London.
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England -- London -- Soho.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2019037650 |
| ISBN |
9781316875704 |
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1316875709 |
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1107182735 |
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9781107182738 |
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1316635597 |
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9781316635599 |
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