Whores in the Religious Marketplace: Sex-Positivity's Roots in Commercial Sex Cultures.
The article focuses on focuses on the Church of Venus, a Seattle-based brothel that advocated for the spiritual life of sexuality. It mentions Church muddied the definitions of secular modernity in questioning the strict divisions among commerce, sex work, and religion, seeking to bring "sex- positi...
| Publicado en: | Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies Vol. 40; no. 2; pp. 93 - 126 |
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University of Nebraska Press
2019
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| Sumario: | The article focuses on focuses on the Church of Venus, a Seattle-based brothel that advocated for the spiritual life of sexuality. It mentions Church muddied the definitions of secular modernity in questioning the strict divisions among commerce, sex work, and religion, seeking to bring "sex- positivity" to mainstream cultural conversations. It also mentions promotion of sexual freedom through the development of physical infrastructure and alternative communities. |
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