Re-thinking prostitution : feminism, sex, and the self /
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| Author / Creator: | Carpenter, Belinda J., 1963- |
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| Imprint: | New York : P. Lang, c2000. |
| Description: | vi, 160 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Eruptions, 1091-8590 ; vol. 6 |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4272546 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- The Specifics of the Dilemma
- Feminist Theory and Praxis
- Focusing on the Client
- Finding the Feminist Voice
- A Note on Sources
- Chapter 1. Discourses on deviance, discourses on nature
- The Problem's in the Psyche
- The Psyche and the Social
- The Normal Client
- The Deviant Prostitute
- The Working Girl
- The Typical Consumer
- The Oldest Profession
- Chapter 2. The feminist and the prostitute
- The History of Prostitution
- Feminists on Feminists
- The Intricacies of the Debate
- A Different Reading
- Feminists on Prostitutes
- Using the Prostitute's Voice
- The Effect
- Chapter 3. The feminist and the client
- Analyzing Masculinity and Male Sexuality
- Introducing the Social Body
- The Social Construction of Sexuality
- Chapter 4. The public face of prostitution
- The Prostitute as Psychological Victim
- The Prostitute as a Victim of Exploitation
- The Prostitute as an Agent in the Workforce
- The Client Needs to Buy Sex
- The Client Chooses to Buy Sex
- The Client as Deviant
- Chapter 5. Disrupting the dualisms
- Positioning the Natural and Constructing the Subject
- The Public and Private Aspects of Prostitution
- Prostitution as a Contract
- Prostitution as Sex
- The Experience of Prostitution: Sex and Work
- Prostitution as a Sexual Contract
- (Re)Knowing the Prostitute
- (Re)Knowing the Client
- Conclusion
- Problems with Dualisms
- The Issue of Prostitution
- Disrupting the Dualisms
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
