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Soho at work : pleasure and place in contemporary London /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tyler, Melissa, 1971- (Author)
Corporate Author: Cambridge University Press
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, [2020]
Subjects:
Sex workers > England > London > Social conditions > 21st century.
Sex-oriented businesses > England > London.
Gentrification > England > London.
Place attachment > England > London.
Ethnology > England > London.
Soho (London, England) > Social conditions > 21st century.
Soho (London, England) > Economic conditions > 21st century.
2000-2099
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Pleasure and place in Soho
  • Soho : London's gilded gutter
  • Putting work in its place : space, place and setting
  • Shopping for sex : situating work in Soho's sex shops
  • It's a dirty job : performing abject labour in Soho
  • No place for a lady? Un/doing gender and sexuality in Soho
  • Conclusion: Rhythm is our business.