A Cultural History of Prostitution
Volumes 1-6
A Cultural History of Prostitution
Volumes 1-6
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Description
Transactional sex has been defined, experienced, and understood in many different ways across cultures and time, but it has always been concerned with more than pleasure. Prostitution has always been central to polarities at the heart of any culture: licit/illicit, work/luxury, sacred/profane, family/nonfamily, health/sickness, art/obscenity, straight/queer, masculine/feminine, colony/metropole, and literature/pornography. A Cultural History of Prostitution presents the first comprehensive history of the subject. The work is divided into 6 volumes, with each volume covering the same topics, so readers can either study a period/volume or follow a topic across history.
The 6 volumes cover: Antiquity (c.700 BCE-500 CE); the Medieval Age (500-1450); the Renaissance (1450-1650); the Age of Reason (1650-1800); the Age of Empire (1800-1920); the Modern Age (1920 - present).
Themes (and chapter titles) are: the state; identity; the market; religion, and morality; medicine, health, and the body; the visual and performing arts; literature
The page extent for the pack is approximately 1536pp. Each volume opens with an Introduction and concludes with Notes, Bibliography, and an Index.
The Cultural Histories Series
A Cultural History of Prostitution is part of The Cultural Histories Series. Titles are available both as printed hardcover sets for libraries needing just one subject or preferring a one-off purchase and tangible reference for their shelves, or as part of a fully-searchable digital library available to institutions by annual subscription or on perpetual access (see www.bloomsburyculturalhistory.com).
Table of Contents
Volume 1: A Cultural History of Prostitution in Antiquity
Edited by Allison Glazebrook, Brock University, Canada.
Introduction: Defining Prostitution, Allison Glazebrook
1 Prostitution and the State, Konstantinos Kapparis
2 Prostitution and Identity, Anise K. Strong
3 Prostitution and the Market, Edward E. Cohen
4 Prostitution, Religion, and Morality, Stephanie Lynn Budin
5 Prostitution, Medicine, Health, and the Body, Rebecca Flemming
6 Prostitution and the Visual and Performing Arts, Jenifer Neils and John R. Clarke
7 Prostitution and Literature, Melissa Funke
Volume 2: A Cultural History of Prostitution in the Medieval Age
Edited by Eleanor Janega, Independent Researcher and Jamie Page, University of Graz, Austria.
Introduction: Defining Prostitution, Eleanor Janega and Jamie Page
1. Prostitution and the State, Jelle Haemers
2. Prostitution and Identity, Jamie Page
3. Prostitution and the Market: The Economy of Late Medieval Prostitution, Paula C. Clarke
4. Prostitution, Religion, and Morality, Eleanor Janega
5. Prostitution, Medicine, Health, and the Body, Janna Coomans
6. Prostitution and the Visual and Performing Arts, Joanne W. Anderson
7. Prostitution and Literature, Victoria Blud
Volume 3: A Cultural History of Prostitution in the Renaissance
Edited by Katherine Crawford, Vanderbilt University, USA.
Introduction: Defining Prostitution, Katherine Crawford
1. Prostitution and the State, Vanessa McCarthy and Katherine Crawford
2. Prostitution and Identity, Elizabeth S. Cohen
3. Prostitution and the Market, Marion Pluskota
4. Prostitution, Morality, and Religion, Tessa Storey5. Prostitution, Medicine, Health and the Body, Cristian Berco
6. Prostitution and the Visual and Performing Arts, Kathryn Norberg
7. Prostitution in Literature, Emily Kuffner
Volume 4: A Cultural History of Prostitution in the Age of Reason
Edited by Nina Kushner, Clark University, USA.
Introduction, Nina Kushner
1. Prostitution and the State, Marion Pluskota
2. Prostitution and Identity, Nicole von Germeten
3. Prostitution and the Market, Elise van Nederveen Meerkerk
4. Prostitution, Religion, and Morality, Diane Sonnelitter
5. Prostitution, Medicine, Health and the Body, Sarah Toulalan
6. Prostitution and the Visual and Performing Arts, Laura Rosenthal
7. Prostitution and Literature, Pamela Cheek
Volume 5: A Cultural History of Prostitution in the Age of Empire
Edited by Andrew Israel Ross, Loyola University Maryland, USA.
Introduction: Defining Prostitution by Andrew Israel Ross
1. Prostitution and the State by Philip Howell
2. Prostitution and Identity: Race, Modernity, and Migration in the Age of Empire by Sandy F. Chang
3. Prostitution and the Market: Engendering Global Capitalism by Hannah Frydman
4. Prostitution, Religion, And Morality by Sara E. Lampert and Andrew Israel Ross
5. Prostitution, Medicine, Health and the Body by Nancy M. Wingfield
6. Prostitution and the Visual and Performing Arts by Sara E. Lampert
7. Prostitution and Literature by Jacob Meister
Volume 6: A Cultural History of Prostitution in the Modern Age
Edited by Jill Smith, Bowdoin College, USA.
Introduction: Defining Prostitution, Jill Suzanne Smith
1. Prostitution and the State, Annalisa Martin
2. Prostitution and Identity, Elisa Camiscioli
3. Prostitution and the Market: Compelling Choices, Jessica Spector
4. Prostitution, Religion, and Morality, Caroline Séquin, Nina Kushner, and Daniel Orrells
5. Prostitution, Medicine, Health, and the Body, Lisa M. Todd
6. Prostitution and the Visual and Performing Arts, Danielle Hipkins and Katie N. Johnson
7. Prostitution and Literature, Christiane Schönfeld
Product details
| Published | 18 Mar 2027 |
|---|---|
| Format | Hardback - Pack |
| Edition | 1st |
| ISBN | 9781350165786 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Illustrations | 141 bw illus |
| Dimensions | Not specified |
| Series | The Cultural Histories Series |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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