
Prostitution, Power and Freedom
Julia O'Connell Davidson(Author)
Polity Press
1st Edition
Will be published approx. on 6. December 1998
Book
Paperback/Softback
240 pages
978-0-7456-1740-4 (ISBN)
Description
Prostitution is still the subject of intense controversy among feminists but theoretical and political analyses are often only loosely grounded in empirical research. This book offers new perspectives on prostitution based on wide-ranging research in nine countries and extensive work with prostitute users.
Reviews / Votes
"Here at last is a book that takes on board all the significant strands in the recent debates about prostitution and draws them together into a sustained and provocative discussion." Mary McIntosh "Julia O'Connell Davidson has woven a fascinating tapestry, combining meticulous portraiture with bold design. Based on careful and wide-ranging ethnographic study of prostitution across a variety of cultures, but framed within a strong structural analysis of power relations, this is a powerful picture of the limits to the agency of women and children in a world of continuing inequalities and exploitation." Jeffrey Weeks, Professor of Sociology, South Bank University, London"O'Connell Davidson draws imaginatively on labour process analysis, feminism, psychoanalysis and political theory to unpick the power relations in prostitution and the many discursive levels at which it is understood and rationalised...Her book is beautifully written and never obtuse, challenging and morally committed...it is among the very best studies we have, not only on prostitution but more generally on work, gender and sexuality." Jackie West, Work, Employment and Society.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 154 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
369 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7456-1740-4 (9780745617404)
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Person
Julia O'Connell Davidson is a Reader in Sociology at the University of Nottingham.
Content
Introduction. Part I Dimensions of Diversity.
1. Power, Consent and Freedom.
2. Patterns of Pimping.
3. Independent Street Prostitution.
4. Independent Prostitution and Tourism.
5. Power and Freedom at the Apex of the Prostitution Hierarchy.
Part II Prostitution and the Eroticization of Social Death.
6. Narratives of Power and Exclusion.
7. Eroticizing Prostitute Use.
8. Through Western Eyes: Honour, Gender and Prostitute Use.
9. Diversity, Dialectics and Politics.
Notes.
References.
Index.
1. Power, Consent and Freedom.
2. Patterns of Pimping.
3. Independent Street Prostitution.
4. Independent Prostitution and Tourism.
5. Power and Freedom at the Apex of the Prostitution Hierarchy.
Part II Prostitution and the Eroticization of Social Death.
6. Narratives of Power and Exclusion.
7. Eroticizing Prostitute Use.
8. Through Western Eyes: Honour, Gender and Prostitute Use.
9. Diversity, Dialectics and Politics.
Notes.
References.
Index.