Whore Carnival

by Shannon Bell

Nonfiction. WHORE CARNIVAL is Shannon Bell's feminist genealogy of prostitution, linking the ancient Greek "hetaera"-the holy courtesan - to the sex industry workers of post-modern Babylon. In these interviews, pleasure texts and "cuntceptual" essays you'll meet the Art Tart and the Slut Goddess, the Scarlot Harlot and the Marquesa, the Dean of Students at the Academy For Boys Who Want To Be Girls, the Mistress of the House of Domination, and many...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1570270228
• ISBN13: 9781570270222
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Autonomedia
• Length: 287 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.

Customer Reviews

a genealogy of porn/prostitution

"Whore Carnival" is an interesting look at erotic discourse in the context of prostitution and the porn industry. Various interviews with strippers, porn stars, and prostitutes shed light upon an industry that many of us bawk at, yet love at the same time. Bell is not your typical run of the mill feminist lambasting the porn industry, rather, she takes a look at the powerful discourse given to the erotic in the various medium she addresses. the book is a humorous account of many serious subjects. a good read, but not for the morally light at heart.