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Reading, writing, and rewriting the prostitute body /

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: woma...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bell, Shannon, 1955-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©1994.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Reading, Writing, and Rewriting the Prostitute Body
  • 2. Reading the Hetairae in Plato's Texts
  • 3. The Making of the Modern Prostitute Body
  • 4. Writing the Prostitute Body: Feminist Reproductions
  • 5. Rewriting the Prostitute Body: Prostitute Perspectives
  • 6. Prostitute Performances: Sacred Carnival Theorists of the Female Body
  • Conclusion: From Aspasia's Salon to the Sprinkle Salon.