Re-thinking prostitution : feminism, sex, and the self / Belinda J. Carpenter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carpenter, Belinda J., 1963-

Series:

Eruptions 1091-8590 ; vol. 6.

Eruptions, 1091-8590 ; vol. 6

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Prostitution.

Feminism.

Physical Description:

vi, 160 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : P. Lang, [2000]

Contents:

The Specifics of the Dilemma 1

Feminist Theory and Praxis 3

Focusing on the Client 5

Finding the Feminist Voice 8

Chapter 1 Discourses on deviance, discourses on nature 13

The Problem's in the Psyche 13

The Psyche and the Social 15

The Normal Client 18

The Deviant Prostitute 21

The Working Girl 23

The Typical Consumer 26

The Oldest Profession 28

Chapter 2 The feminist and the prostitute 35

The History of Prostitution 35

Feminists on Feminists 37

The Intricacies of the Debate 39

A Different Reading 46

Feminists on Prostitutes 49

Using the Prostitute's Voice 56

The Effect 62

Chapter 3 The feminist and the client 65

Analyzing Masculinity and Male Sexuality 66

Introducing the Social Body 74

The Social Construction of Sexuality 81

Chapter 4 The public face of prostitution 87

The Prostitute as Psychological Victim 87

The Prostitute as a Victim of Exploitation 89

The Prostitute as an Agent in the Workforce 93

The Client Needs to Buy Sex 94

The Client Chooses to Buy Sex 96

The Client as Deviant 98

Chapter 5 Disrupting the dualisms 101

Positioning the Natural and Constructing the Subject 102

The Public and Private Aspects of Prostitution 105

Prostitution as a Contract 108

Prostitution as Sex 110

The Experience of Prostitution: Sex and Work 112

Prostitution as a Sexual Contract 115

(Re)Knowing the Prostitute 116

(Re)Knowing the Client 119

Problems with Dualisms 125

The Issue of Prostitution 128

Disrupting the Dualisms 131.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [143]-156) and index.

ISBN:

0820444170

OCLC:

39951684