(Sub)Urban sexscapes : geographies and regulation of the sex industry

ed. by Paul J. Maginn and Christine Steinmetz

(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 highl

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Year of publication:	2015
Other Persons:	Maginn, Paul J. (contributor) ; Steinmetz, Christine (contributor)
Publisher:	Abingdon [u.a.] : Routledge
Subject:	Regulierung \| Regulation \| Prostitution \| Wirtschaftsgeographie \| Economic geography \| Sexindustrie \| Pornografie \| Geografie
Description of contents:	Table of Contents [gbv.de]

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Extent:	Online-Ressource (313 p)
Series:	Routledge advances in sociology ; 135
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Description based upon print version of record 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 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 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
ISBN:	978-0-203-73756-9 ; 978-1-135-00833-8 ; 978-0-415-85528-0
Classification:	Sozialgeographie
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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