Cities and sexualities / / Phil Hubbard

• Autore: Hubbard Phil
• Pubblicazione: Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2012
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (272 p.)
• Disciplina: 307.76
• Soggetto topico: Cities and towns - Social aspects; Sex customs; Social service and sex
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Cities and Sexualities; Copyright Page; Contents; List of case studies; List of figures; Acknowledgements; Preface; 1. Introducing cities and sexualities; 2. The moral geographies of sex; 3. Domesticating sex; 4. Public sex; 5. On the town: pleasure and leisure in the nocturnal city; 6. Consuming sex: pornographies and adult entertainment; 7. World cities of sex; 8. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: From the hotspots of commercial sex through to the suburbia of twitching curtains, urban life and sexualities appear inseparable. Cities are the source of our most familiar images of sexual practice, and are the spaces where new understandings of sexuality take shape. In an era of global business and tourism, cities are also the hubs around which a global sex trade is organised and where virtual sex content is obsessively produced and consumed.Detailing the relationships between sexed bodies, sexual subjectivities and forms of intimacy, Cities and Sexualities explores the ro
• Titolo autorizzato: Cities and sexualities
• ISBN: 0-203-86149-3; 1-135-17418-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910461924303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge Critical Introductions to Urbanism and the City