Prostitution and Sex Work in Global Cinema - New Takes on Fallen Women (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)

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.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Global Cinema
Release date:	November 2017
First published:	2017
Editors:	Danielle Hipkins • Kate E. Taylor-Jones
Dimensions:	210 x 148 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	295
Edition:	1st ed. 2017
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-64607-7
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > Media studies Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Films, cinema > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General
LSN:	3-319-64607-9
Barcode:	9783319646077

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