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Title: Red Light: Inside the Sex Industry by Sylvia Plachy, James Ridgeway ISBN: 1-57687-000-6 Publisher: powerHouse Books Pub. Date: June, 1996 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.6 (5 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Additional interesting information...
Comment: Apparently the book may have hit a little too close to home for some. One of the book's researchers (a dancer in the sex industry) disappeared not too long after the release of the book. It is still unknown if the disappearance was a result of her work on this book or some of her other reasearch in writing about Vampyre Cults. If you ever catch the documentary "Stripped", you can find more of the details there - but it seems fairly certain that foul play was involved. Anyway, just a little interesting fact that may make the book more interesting for some.
Rating: 5
Summary: Best book available about the "industry"
Comment: Short and Sweet review: This book digs deep and gives the reader a taste of what happens in the sex "industry". Buy it! I was not disappointed.
Rating: 4
Summary: The banality of sex work.
Comment: Published in 1996, "Red Light" is a quick, interesting read that opens a window to the everyday world of New York and New Jersey sex work. Focusing primarily upon different types of prostitution and "exotic" dancing, writer James Ridgeway also touches upon porn films, phone sex, and computer-oriented enterprises. The black and white photos by Sylvia Plachy ably illustrate the world that's being delved into here.
Because "Red Light" was published in '96 the subject of computer oriented work is out of date, but the predictions regarding that arena have turned out to be mostly true. Frustratingly, Ridgeway occasionally makes sweeping or trite generalizations - particularly in the introduction - without presenting information beforehand to bolster his statements. The biggest drawback to this book is that it is geographically focused on New York and New Jersey, which are unique to anywhere else in America. Lastly, while it is often understandable, Ridgeway sometimes uses language that hinders the reader from deciding how he or she feels about a certain situation or person; or he turns the narrative in a negative direction if an interviewee starts to express something positive.
Even so, since I'm interested in human sexuality, our society's dichotomous, hypocritical and confused views on sex, and because I believe in freedom of choice, I thought "Red Light" would provide uncensored insight into the sex worker's life. It did that, though not to the extent I'd hoped. Mr. Ridgeway mainly focuses on the squalid side of the business (e.g. street prostitution and small time go-go dancing), and limiting this exposé to New York and New Jersey says more about the culture of sex work in those areas than it says about sex work everywhere else. However, even within that limited area the authors had their work cut out for them, which they presented in a bold and visceral style that gripped my attention.
"Red Light" will undoubtedly get people to re-evaluate their perceptions of the sex industry. The inherent dynamics of sex work - greed, laziness, male lust, fear, danger, fantasy, and denial - ultimately reveal the banality of commercialized sex.
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Title: Signs and Relics by Sylvia Plachy, Wim Wenders ISBN: 1580930573 Publisher: The Monacelli Press Pub. Date: February, 2000 List Price(USD): $50.00 |
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Title: Tricks and Treats: Sex Workers Write About Their Clients by Matt Bernstein Sycamore ISBN: 1560231629 Publisher: Haworth (T) Pub. Date: January, 2000 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Lapdancer by Juliana Beasley ISBN: 1576871398 Publisher: powerHouse Books Pub. Date: June, 2003 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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