Ethnography and Prostitution in Peru (Anthropology, Culture and Society)

In this lively, hard-hitting feminist study of prostitution, Lorraine Nencel interrogates the ways in which sexuality, gender and illicit behaviour have been constructed (and deconstructed) over the years. This is a richly detailed ethnographic account that interweaves narrative with theory. Nencel deals with issues such as AIDS, machismo and the regulation of the sex trade. She analyses the question of whether sex workers are victims or agents of control. In challenging conventional approaches to the study of sex workers and prostitution, Nencel has produced an original and provocative new study that is likely to provoke further discussion and debate. A Feminist Study Of Prostitution In Peru, This Book Interrogates The Ways In Which Sexuality, Gender And Illicit Behaviour Have Been Constructed (and Deconstructed) Over The Years. Lorraine Nencel Deals With Issues Such As Aids, Machismo And The Regulation Of The Sex Trade. She Analyses The Question Of Whether Sex Workers Are Victims Or Agents Of Control.--jacket. Introduction: Zooming In On The Locality -- Pt. 1. (en)gendered Enclosures -- Historical Narrative Of Prostitution -- Read All About It : Gender Meanings And The Written Press -- Prostitution And The Construction Of Men's Sexual Selves -- Pt. 2. Day And Night -- Writing Up The Rhythm Of Fieldwork: An Introduction To Part Ii -- Shaping Identities In First Encounters -- Between The Stove And The Kitchen Table -- Fusion Of Truths Into Illusions : The Night Life And Street Prostitution -- Between The Four Walls : Embodying And Enacting The Prostitute -- Gendered Enclosures And Gender Identities. Lorraine Nencel. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 239-244) And Index.

A lively, hard-hitting feminist study of prostitution within the third world.

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Nencel writes from an explicitly feminist anthropology perspective, with the focus less on a regional-specific ethnography and more on trying to establish a set of patterns for sex workers despite frustration with the subjects' unwillingness to work toward the project's research goals. Two discourses on women-who-prostitute are laid out....Because the author is a post-modernist, she notes that the seemingly ethnographic sections are actually parts of separate conversations from separate incidents, pieced together to weave her argument. Of general interest for a range of social scientists and upper-division undergraduate students and above.

In this study of prostitution, Lorraine Nencel interrogates the ways in which sexuality, gender and illicit behaviour have been constructed (and deconstructed) over the years.

This is a richly detailed ethnographic account that interweaves narrative with theory. Nencel deals with issues such as AIDS, machismo and the regulation of the sex trade. She analyses the question of whether sex workers are victims or agents of control. In challenging conventional approaches to the study of sex workers and prostitution, Nencel has produced an original and provocative new study that is likely to provoke further discussion and debate. Zooming in on the locality Engendered enclosures Read all about it : gender meanings and the written press Prostitution and the construction of men's sexual selves Day and night Writing up the rhythm of fieldwork Shaping identities in first encounters Between the stove and tbe kitchen table The fusion of truths into illusions : the night life and street prostitution Between the four walls : embodying and enacting the prostitute. "A feminist study of prostitution in Peru, this book interrogates the ways in which sexuality, gender and illicit behaviour have been constructed (and deconstructed) over the years. Lorraine Nencel deals with issues such as AIDS, machismo and the regulation of the sex trade. She analyses the question of whether sex workers are victims or agents of control."--BOOK JACKET. Anthropology, Womens Studies, Latin America, Sexual Politics, Sociology Anthropology,Womens Studies,Latin America,Sexual Politics,Sociology