Reading, Writing, and Rewriting the Prostitute Body (Paperback)
Shannon Bell"I found this a fascinating book: wide-ranging, readable." Alison Jaggar
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."
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"I found this a fascinating book: wide-ranging, readable." Alison Jaggar
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."
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Imprint | Indiana University Press |
Country of origin | United States |
Release date | June 1994 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days |
First published | June 1994 |
Authors | Shannon Bell |
Dimensions | 235 x 155 x 16mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Paperback - Trade |
Pages | 248 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-253-20859-0 |
Barcode | 9780253208590 |
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LSN | 0-253-20859-9 |
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