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(Sub)Urban Sexscapes Paul Maginn

(Sub)Urban Sexscapes By Paul Maginn

(Sub)Urban Sexscapes by Paul Maginn

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(Sub)Urban Sexscapes presents a mix of geographical, sociological, urban planning and legal viewpoints of the commercial sex industry sex shops, strip clubs, gentlemens clubs, brothels and sex workers. The collection showcases contemporary and historical examples of the location, impacts and regulation of commercial sex industry activities in the USA, UK, Australia and Morocco.

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(Sub)Urban Sexscapes: Geographies and Regulation of the Sex Industry by Paul Maginn

(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 perspectivesurban planning, urban geography, urban sociology, and, cultural and media studiesand geographical contextsAustralia, the UK, US and North Africa.

In overall terms, (Sub)urban Sexscapes highlights the mainstreaming of commercial sex premisessex shops, brothels, strip clubs and queer spacesand productssex toys, erotic literature and pornographynow being commonplace in night time economy spaces, the high street, suburban shopping centres and the home. In addition, the aesthetics of commercial and alternative sexual practicesBDSM and pornographypermeate the (sub)urban landscape via billboards, newspapers and magazines, television, music videos and the Internet.

The role of sex, sexuality and commercialized sex, in contributing to the general character of our cities cannot be ignored. In short, there is a need for policy-makers to be realistic about the historical, contemporary and future presence of the sex industry. Ultimately, the regulation of the sex industry should be informed by evidence as opposed to moral panics.

*** Winner of the Planning Institute of Australia (WA) 2015 Award for Excellence in Cutting Edge Research and Teaching ***

(Sub)Urban Sexscapes Reviews

This book is an impressive collection of studies of the geographical and regulatory dimensions of commercial sex. The breadth of the book is reflected in both the various kinds of sexual commerce examined and in its coverage of different nations. The tension between mainstreaming the sex industry and resistance to its growth, is a theme highlighted in several chapters and the book should be of interest to policy makers as well as scholars. Highly recommended.

Ronald Weitzer, George Washington University, USA

This book opens up a series of windows on the sex industry. Readers can dip in and out or read as a whole. Either way(Sub)Urban Sexscapes successfully highlights the importance of spatiality in commercialising sex. It is a must read for anyone interested in issues of sex, sexuality and space.

Robyn Longhurst, University of Waikato, New Zealand

This book is a valuable resource that prompts rethinking sex, work, sexuality, policies, bodies, place and space. Original and empirically rich, the collection advances theorising of commercial sex, adult entertainment, and subcultural sexual practices. Authors draw on contemporary themes and debates in geography, sociology, policy studies, planning, media studies, feminist and queer theories in order to engage with (sub)urban landscapes of sex work. Crucially, at the heart of the book is the critique of heteronormativity and an exposure of the regulation of bodies and places. This book is essential reading for anyone interested in understanding the complexities of agency and processes of regulation by which (im)moral geographies are constituted.


Lynda Johnston, Professor in Geography, University of Waikato

One of the most interesting developments in the recent study of sexuality has been an increasing focus on its spatial dimensions. Suburban Sexscapes ranges across the spaces and places of commercial sex, in private, public and virtual worlds and in mainstream and alternative spheres. This is a fascinating, thorough and comprehensive collection which will inspire and stimulate the future study of sexscapes.

Feona Attwood, Middlesex University, UK

(Sub)Urban Sexscapes... is a timely reminder of the value of a diverse range of international perspectives on a topic that has become increasingly contentious for policy-makers and communities... This collection is a very vigourous contribution to the field with chapters presenting both theoretical and empirically original work.

Paul Ryan, Maynooth University, Ireland, Built Environment

About Paul Maginn

Paul J. Maginn is Associate Professor of Urban and Regional Planning at The University of Western Australia. He is co-editor of three previous books: Planning Australia: An Overview of Urban and Regional Planning (with Susan Thompson); Qualitative Urban Analysis: An International Perspective; and Qualitative Housing Analysis: An International Perspective (both with Susan Thompson & Matthew Tonts). He has recently completed research on male sex workers/escorts in Ireland (with Graham Ellison, QUB) and undertaking research on the regulation of sex work in Scotland. In addition to his research on the sex industry, Paul is conducting research on strategic planning and planning reform in Australia. Christine Steinmetz is a Senior Lecturer in the Bachelor of Planning program at the University of New South Wales, Australia. Her research on contentious land-uses in the urban environment, particularly the adult entertainment and commercial sex industries in Sydney, focuses on planning and regulation around these land uses, progressive and best models 'in practice' from a global perspective, and the significant contribution commercial sex brings to the night time economy. Numerous publications reflect her main areas of interest: subcultural sex-on-premises venues and the regulatory framework that surrounds them; generational cohorts and their perceptions of the meaning of place on university campuses; and, postgraduate student experiences undertaking higher research degrees.

Table of Contents

Introduction 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 Englands 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 Organisation 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, Casablancas Quartier reserve 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 Nevada 13. From Perception to Reality: Negative secondary effects and effective regulation of sex businesses in the US Conclusions 14. Conclusion: Towards pragmatic regulation of the sex industry

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NPB9780415855280
9780415855280
0415855284
(Sub)Urban Sexscapes: Geographies and Regulation of the Sex Industry by Paul Maginn
Paul Maginn
Routledge Advances in Sociology
New
Hardback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
2014-10-15
286
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