Encyclopedia of Prostitution and Sex Work [2 volumes]

Encyclopedia of Prostitution and Sex Work [2 volumes]
Author :
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages : 845
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780313083877
ISBN-13 : 0313083878
Rating : 4/5 (878 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Encyclopedia of Prostitution and Sex Work [2 volumes] by : Melissa Hope Ditmore

Download or read book Encyclopedia of Prostitution and Sex Work [2 volumes] written by Melissa Hope Ditmore and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2006-08-30 with total page 845 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The cliche is that prostitution is the oldest profession. Isn't it time that the subject received a full reference treatment? This major 2-volume set is the first to treat in an inclusive reference what is usually considered a societal failing and the underside of sexuality and economic survival. The A-to-Z encyclopedia offers wide-ranging entries related to prostitution and the sex industry, past and present, both worldwide (mostly in the West) and in the United States. The topic of prostitution has high-interest appeal across disciplines, and the narrative entries illuminate literature, art, law, medicine, economics, politics, women's studies, religion, sociology, sexuality, film, popular culture, public health, nonfiction, American and world history, business, gender, media, education, crime, race, technology, performing arts, family, social work, social mores, pornography, the military, tourism, child labor, and more. It is targeted to the general reader, who will gain useful insight into the human race through time via its sex industry and prostitution. An introduction overviews the scope of prostitution from the earliest historical records, including the Bible. User-friendly lists that are alphabetically and topically arranged help the reader find entries of interest, as does the comprehensive index. A chronology proffers significant dates related to the topic. Each entry is signed and has suggestions for further reading. Sample entries: Abolition; Actresses; Augustine, Saint; Barr, Candy; Bible; Camp Followers; Chamberlain-Kahn Bill of 1918; Child Prostitution; Clothing, Contagious Diseases Acts of 1864, 1866, and 1869; Crime; Debby Doesn't Do It for Free; Dickens, Charles; Devadasi; Entrapment; Fallen Woman Trope; Feminism; Films, Cult; Five Points; Free Love; Geisha; Globalization; Guidebooks; Hip-Hop; HIV/AIDS and the Prostitution Rights Movement; Human Rights; Incest; Internet; Jack the Ripper; Kama Sutra; League of Nations; Lulu; Male Stripping; Mann Act; Mayhew, Henry; Memoirs; Migration and Mobility; Nazi Germany; Poetry; Purity Movements; R&R; Religion; Salvation Army; Scapegoating; Slang; Storyville; Temporary Marriage; Unions; Venice; Window Prostitution.


Encyclopedia of Prostitution and Sex Work [2 volumes] Related Books

Encyclopedia of Prostitution and Sex Work [2 volumes]
Language: en
Pages: 845
Authors: Melissa Hope Ditmore
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2006-08-30 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

GET EBOOK

The cliche is that prostitution is the oldest profession. Isn't it time that the subject received a full reference treatment? This major 2-volume set is the fir
Grandes Horizontales
Language: en
Pages: 352
Authors: Virginia Rounding
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2003-07-07 - Publisher: Bloomsbury USA

GET EBOOK

A fascinating portrayal of the lives of the great nineteenth-century courtesans. Marie Duplessis, Cora Pearl, La Païva and La Présidente, the four women whose
Glamour
Language: en
Pages: 485
Authors: Stephen Gundle
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-07-16 - Publisher: OUP Oxford

GET EBOOK

Glamour is one of the most tantalizing and bewitching aspects of contemporary culture - but also one of the most elusive. The aura of celebrity, the style of th
Lustful Appetites
Language: en
Pages: 263
Authors: Rachel Hope Cleves
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2024-11-18 - Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

GET EBOOK

We take the edible trappings of flirtation for granted: chocolate covered strawberries and romance, oysters on the half shell and desire, the eggplant emoji and
Writing with a Vengeance
Language: en
Pages: 217
Authors: Carol A. Mossman
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-10-03 - Publisher: University of Toronto Press

GET EBOOK

Writing with a Vengeance examines the life and works of a nineteenth-century French courtesan, Céleste Vénard, later the Countess de Chabrillan. A notorious P