Cities and sexualities / Phil Hubbard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hubbard, Phil.

Series:

Routledge Critical Introductions to Urbanism and the City

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cities and towns--Social aspects.

Cities and towns.

Sex customs.

Social service and sex.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (272 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

From the hotspots of commercial sex through to the suburbia of twitching curtains, urban life and sexualities appear inseparable. Cities are the source of our most familiar images of sexual practice, and are the spaces where new understandings of sexuality take shape. In an era of global business and tourism, cities are also the hubs around which a global sex trade is organised and where virtual sex content is obsessively produced and consumed.Detailing the relationships between sexed bodies, sexual subjectivities and forms of intimacy, Cities and Sexualities explores the ro

Contents:

Front Cover; Cities and Sexualities; Copyright Page; Contents; List of case studies; List of figures; Acknowledgements; Preface; 1. Introducing cities and sexualities; 2. The moral geographies of sex; 3. Domesticating sex; 4. Public sex; 5. On the town: pleasure and leisure in the nocturnal city; 6. Consuming sex: pornographies and adult entertainment; 7. World cities of sex; 8. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-135-17417-2

0-203-86149-3

1-135-17418-0

9780203861493

OCLC:

798532112