The cliche is that prostitution is the oldest profession. Isn't it
time that the subject received a full reference treatment? This
major 2-volume set is the first to treat in an inclusive reference
what is usually considered a societal failing and the underside of
sexuality and economic survival. The A-to-Z encyclopedia offers
wide-ranging entries related to prostitution and the sex industry,
past and present, both worldwide (mostly in the West) and in the
United States. The topic of prostitution has high-interest appeal
across disciplines, and the narrative entries illuminate
literature, art, law, medicine, economics, politics, women's
studies, religion, sociology, sexuality, film, popular culture,
public health, nonfiction, American and world history, business,
gender, media, education, crime, race, technology, performing arts,
family, social work, social mores, pornography, the military,
tourism, child labor, and more. It is targeted to the general
reader, who will gain useful insight into the human race through
time via its sex industry and prostitution. An introduction
overviews the scope of prostitution from the earliest historical
records, including the Bible. User-friendly lists that are
alphabetically and topically arranged help the reader find entries
of interest, as does the comprehensive index. A chronology proffers
significant dates related to the topic. Each entry is signed and
has suggestions for further reading. Sample entries: Abolition;
Actresses; Augustine, Saint; Barr, Candy; Bible; Camp Followers;
Chamberlain-Kahn Bill of 1918; Child Prostitution; Clothing,
Contagious Diseases Acts of 1864, 1866, and 1869; Crime; Debby
Doesn't Do It for Free; Dickens, Charles;Devadasi; Entrapment;
Fallen Woman Trope; Feminism; Films, Cult; Five Points; Free Love;
Geisha; Globalization; Guidebooks; Hip-Hop; HIV/AIDS and the
Prostitution Rights Movement; Human Rights; Incest; Internet; Jack
the Ripper; Kama Sutra; League of Nations; Lulu; Male Stripping;
Mann Act; Mayhew, Henry; Memoirs; Migration and Mobility; Nazi
Germany; Poetry; Purity Movements; R&R; Religion; Salvation
Army; Scapegoating; Slang; Storyville; Temporary Marriage; Unions;
Venice; Window Prostitution.
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