Ebook290 pages7 hours
Temporarily Yours: Intimacy, Authenticity, and the Commerce of Sex
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
5/5
()
About this ebook
Generations of social thinkers have assumed that access to legitimate paid employment and a decline in the ‘double standard’ would eliminate the reasons behind women’s participation in prostitution. Yet in both the developing world and in postindustrial cities of the West, sexual commerce has continued to flourish, diversifying along technological, spatial, and social lines. In this deeply engaging and theoretically provocative study, Elizabeth Bernstein examines the social features that undergird the expansion and diversification of commercialized sex, demonstrating the ways that postindustrial economic and cultural formations have spawned rapid and unforeseen changes in the forms, meanings, and spatial organization of sexual labor.
Drawing upon dynamic and innovative research with sex workers, their clients, and state actors, Bernstein argues that in cities such as San Francisco, Stockholm, and Amstersdam, the nature of what is purchased in commercial sexual encounters is also new. Rather than the expedient exchange of cash for sexual relations, what sex workers are increasingly paid to offer their clients is an erotic experience premised upon the performance of authentic interpersonal connection. As such, contemporary sex markets are emblematic of a cultural moment in which the boundaries between intimacy and commerce—and between public life and private—have been radically redrawn. Not simply a compelling exploration of the changing landscape of sex-work, Temporarily Yours ultimately lays bare the intimate intersections of political economy, desire, and culture.
Drawing upon dynamic and innovative research with sex workers, their clients, and state actors, Bernstein argues that in cities such as San Francisco, Stockholm, and Amstersdam, the nature of what is purchased in commercial sexual encounters is also new. Rather than the expedient exchange of cash for sexual relations, what sex workers are increasingly paid to offer their clients is an erotic experience premised upon the performance of authentic interpersonal connection. As such, contemporary sex markets are emblematic of a cultural moment in which the boundaries between intimacy and commerce—and between public life and private—have been radically redrawn. Not simply a compelling exploration of the changing landscape of sex-work, Temporarily Yours ultimately lays bare the intimate intersections of political economy, desire, and culture.
Related to Temporarily Yours
Related ebooks
Sex Panic and the Punitive State Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Sex Work Politics: From Protest to Service Provision Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWe Too: Essays on Sex Work and Survival: Essays on Sex Work and Survival Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Thriving in Sex Work: Heartfelt Advice for Staying Sane in the Sex Industry Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Whore's Manifesto: An Anthology of Writing and Artwork by Sex Workers Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Paying For It: A Guide by Sex Workers for Their Customers Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Escort's Notebook: A Decade of Writing on Internet Sex Work Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGetting Screwed: Sex Workers and the Law Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Thriving in Sex Work Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAn Agency of Their Own: Sex Worker Union Organizing Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Feminist Porn Book: The Politics of Producing Pleasure Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Playing the Whore: The Work of Sex Work Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Hustling Verse: An Anthology of Sex Workers’ Poetry Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Porn Work: Sex, Labor, and Late Capitalism Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Screw Consent: A Better Politics of Sexual Justice Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSex Panic Rhetorics, Queer Interventions Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMothers, Mothering and Sex Work Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMale Sex Work and Society Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Feeling Normal: Sexuality and Media Criticism in the Digital Age Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBest Sex Writing of the Year: On Consent, BDSM, Porn, Race, Sex Work and More Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSex Work: Writings by Women in the Sex Industry Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Sex Myth: The Gap Between Our Fantasies and Reality Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Decriminalized Prostitution: The Common Sense Solution: Rackets, #3 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMy Body, My Business: New Zealand sex workers in an era of change Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsStraight Sex: Rethinking the Politics of Pleasure Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Unspeakable Things: Sex, Lies and Revolution Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Complete Guide to Escorting: Exit Strategies Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBest Sex Writing 2008 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsIntimate Labors: Cultures, Technologies, and the Politics of Care Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
Social Science For You
The Denial of Death Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Great Reset: And the War for the World Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Come As You Are: Revised and Updated: The Surprising New Science That Will Transform Your Sex Life Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Art of Witty Banter: Be Clever, Quick, & Magnetic Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5My Secret Garden: Women's Sexual Fantasies Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Explain Everything About the World Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5All About Love: New Visions Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A People's History of the United States Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Like Switch: An Ex-FBI Agent's Guide to Influencing, Attracting, and Winning People Over Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5King, Warrior, Magician, Lover: Rediscovering the Archetypes of the Mature Masculine Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5You're Not Listening: What You're Missing and Why It Matters Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Just Mercy: a story of justice and redemption Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Body Is Not an Apology, Second Edition: The Power of Radical Self-Love Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Fervent: A Woman's Battle Plan to Serious, Specific, and Strategic Prayer Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Human Condition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row (Oprah's Book Club Selection) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The January 6th Report Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Living Resistance: An Indigenous Vision for Seeking Wholeness Every Day Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for Temporarily Yours
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
5/5
3 ratings0 reviews
Book preview
Temporarily Yours - Elizabeth Bernstein
Enjoying the preview?
Page 1 of 1