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1 online resource |
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Routledge Advances in Sociology |
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Routledge advances in sociology.
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| Contents |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of figures; List of maps; List of tables; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; 1 Spatial and regulatory contours of the (sub)urban sexscape; PART I Geographies of the sex industry; 2 Cosmo-sexual Sydney: global city status, urban cosmopolitanism and the (sub)urban sexscape; 3 Sex shops in England's cities: from the backstreets to the high streets; 4 Conflict and coexistence? Strip clubs and neighbors in "Pornland," Oregon; 5 Telecommunications impacts on the structure and organization of the male sex industry |
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6 Housing sex within the city: the placement of sex services beyond respectable domesticity?7 The landscape of BDSM venues: a view from down under; PART II Regulation of the sex industry; 8 Sexual entertainment, dread risks and the heterosexualization of community space; 9 Sex and the virtual suburbs: the pornosphere and community standards; 10 Planning prostitution in colonial Morocco: Bousbir, Casablanca's quartier réservé; 11 Regulating adult business to make spaces safe for heterosexual families in Atlanta |
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12 Legal landscapes of erotic cities: comparing legal "prostitution" in New South Wales and Nevada13 From perception to reality: negative secondary effects and effective regulation of sex businesses in the United States; 14 Conclusion: towards pragmatic regulation of the sex industry; Index |
| Summary |
"(Sub)Urban Sexscapes brings together a collection of theoretically-informed and empirically rich case studies from internationally renowned and emerging scholars highlighting the contemporary and historical geographies and regulation of the commercial sex industry. Contributions in this edited volume examine the spatial and regulatory contours of the sex industry from a range of disciplinary perspectives--urban planning, urban geography, urban sociology, and, cultural and media studies--and geographical contexts--Australia, the UK, US and North Africa. In overall terms, (Sub)urban Sexscapes highlights the mainstreaming of commercial sex premises--sex shops, brothels, strip clubs and queer spaces--and products--sex toys, erotic literature and pornography--now being commonplace in night time economy spaces, the high street, suburban shopping centres and the home. In addition, the aesthetics of commercial and alternative sexual practices--BDSM and pornography--permeate the (sub)urban landscape via billboards, newspapers and magazines, television, music videos and the Internet. The role of sex, sexuality and commercialized sex, in contributing to the general character of our cities cannot be ignored. In short, there is a need for policy-makers to be realistic about the historical, contemporary and future presence of the sex industry. Ultimately, the regulation of the sex industry should be informed by evidence as opposed to moral panics"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Print version record |
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Sex industry
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Red-light districts.
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City planning.
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Zoning.
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Zoning, Exclusionary.
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Urban policy.
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red-light districts.
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zoning.
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ARCHITECTURE -- Urban & Land Use Planning.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- General.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General.
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City planning
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Red-light districts
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Sex industry
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Urban policy
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Zoning
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Zoning, Exclusionary
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Geografie
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Pornografie
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Regulierung
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Sexindustrie
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Prostitution -- etik och moral.
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Urban politik.
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Samhällsplanering.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Maginn, Paul J., 1968-
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Steinmetz, Christine
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| ISBN |
1135008337 |
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9781135008338 |
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9780203737569 |
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0203737563 |
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