Cities of pleasure : sex and the urban socialscape / edited by Alan Collins.
"This collection explores various connections between urban living, sexuality and sexual desire around the world. The key themes featured address a number of topical issues including: (i) the controversies and debates raging around the evolution, defining patterns and appropriate regulation of...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Routledge,
2006.
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| Series: | Urban studies monographs.
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| Summary: | "This collection explores various connections between urban living, sexuality and sexual desire around the world. The key themes featured address a number of topical issues including: (i) the controversies and debates raging around the evolution, defining patterns and appropriate regulation of commercial sex zones md markets in the urban landscape (ii) how have gay public spaces, districts and 'gay villages' emerged and developed in various towns and cities around the world? (iii) How do changing attitudes to and the usage of urban sexual spaces, as depicted in iconic television series such as Sex and the City and Queer as Folk, reflect the reality of working women's or gay men's changing life experiences?" "This book was previously published as a special issue of the journal Urban Studies."--BOOK JACKET. |
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| Physical Description: | 235 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0415360129 9780415360128 |