Away from prying eyes? The urban geographies of 'adult entertainment'

Progress in Human Geography

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 363-381

  Hubbard, Phil ^a   Matthews, Roger ^b   Scoular, Jane ^c   Agustín, Laura ^d  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consumption; Exceptionalism; Gender; Sex work; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

GENDER; GENTRIFICATION; PROSTITUTION; SEXUALITY; URBAN GEOGRAPHY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 44949196809     PISSN: 03091325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0309132508089095     Document Type: Article

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