Prostitution And Sex Work In Global Cinema: New Takes On Fallen Women
by Danielle Hipkins /
2017 / English / PDF
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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
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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
th-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.
-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.
