Reading, Writing and Rewriting the Prostitute Body

by: Shannon Bell

Author: Shannon Bell

Publisher: Indiana University Press

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Format: Paperback / softback

Publication date: 01 June 1994

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ISBN: 0253208599 ISBN 13: 9780253208590

Reading, Writing and Rewriting the Prostitute Body by Shannon 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. 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. Top page

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In this volume, Shannon Bell recovers the courtesan of ancient Greece as both sophistic philosopher and erotic teacher. Top page

General info

Publisher & Imprint: Indiana University Press

City: Bloomington, IN

Pages: 248

More info: height 240 mm width 160 mm weight 500 gr thickness 13 mm

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Age recommended: Professional and scholarly

Subject Indexing & Classification Dewey: 306.742 Library of Congress Subject: 93005447 Feminist theory

Summary Reading, Writing and Rewriting the Prostitute Body Acknowledgments1. Reading, Writing, and Rewriting the Prostitute Body; 2. Reading the Hetairae in Plato's Texts; 3. The Making of the Modern Prostitute Body; 4. Writing the Prostitue Body: Feminist Reproductions; 5. Rewriting the Prostitute Body: Prostitute Perspectives; 6. Prostitute Performances: Sacred Carnival Theorists of the Female Body; Conclusion: From Aspasia's Salon to the Sprinkle SalonNotes; Bibliography; Index Top page

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