num_pages: 272
description: This work documents an investigation of the construction of the prostitute in the British and Irish broadsheet press over a five-year period (1987-1991). It seeks to connect the fields of research in prostitution, the study of media processes, and the study of discourse in everyday life.
language: English
title: Reading "the prostitute": Appearance, place and time in British and Irish press stories of prostitution
titlecomplete: Reading "the prostitute": Appearance, place and time in British and Irish press stories of prostitution
publisher: Ashgate