Prostitution and Sex Work in Global Cinema: New Takes on Fallen Women 2017 Edition Contributor(s): Hipkins, Danielle (Editor), Taylor-Jones, Kate (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3319646079 ISBN-13: 9783319646077 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $94.99 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2017 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Film - General - Social Science | Gender Studies - Social Science | Feminism & Feminist Theory |
Dewey: 302.23 |
Series: Global Cinema |
Physical Information: 1" H x 5.83" W x 8.27" (1.44 lbs) 295 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This volume brings together international scholars to engage in the question of how film has represented a figure that for many is simply labelled 'prostitute'. The prostitute is one of the most enduring female figures. She has global historical resonance and stories, images and narratives surrounding her, and her experiences, circulate transnationally. As this book will explore, the broad term prostitute can cover a variety of experiences and representations that are both repressive and also have the potential to empower women and disrupt cultural expectations. The contributors aim to consider how frequently 19th-century narratives of female prostitution--hence the label 'fallen women'--are still recycled in contemporary visual contexts, and to understand how widespread, and in what contexts, the destigmatization of female sex work is underway on screen. |