Reading, Writing, and Rewriting the Prostitute Body by Shannon Bell

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Reading, Writing, and Rewriting the Prostitute Body by Shannon Bell

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Summary

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. This book traces evolution of the prostitute as "other." It shows how the roles of "whore" and "madonna" are ultimately dissolved and unified in prostitute performance art.

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Reading, Writing, and Rewriting the Prostitute Body by Shannon Bell

"I found this a fascinating book: wide-ranging, readable." —Alison Jaggar 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: woman.

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"I found this a fascinating book: wide-ranging, readable -- and persuasive"Alison Jaggar

SHANNON BELL teaches classical political theory, feminist theory, and legal theory in the Department of Political Science at York University.

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ISBN 13 9780253208590
ISBN 10 0253208599
Title Reading, Writing, and Rewriting the Prostitute Body
Author Shannon Bell
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Indiana University Press
Year published 1994-06-22
Number of pages 248
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.

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