Reading the Prostitute

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Reading the Prostitute is written by Lorna Ryan and published by Routledge. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0429835450 (ISBN 10) and 9780429835452 (ISBN 13).

First published in 1997, this study aims to forge new connections between debates on prostitution, media processes and everyday life in its exploration of depictions of female prostitution in British and Irish broadsheet newspapers between 1987 and 1991. Lorna Ryan first examines a range of discourses on prostitution before proceeding to areas including signals of prostitution and images in the press. Encompassing both textual and visual analyses, Ryan demonstrates that these newspapers relied on appearance, place, time, motive and intent in categorising women as prostitutes.