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Intimacy, Authenticity, and the Commerce of Sex

Elizabeth Bernstein the press Chicago and London Elizabeth Bernstein is assistant professor of sociology at Barnard College, Columbia University, and coeditor of Regulating Sex: The Politics of Intimacy and Identity. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago 60637 The University of Chicago Press, Ltd., London © 2007 by The University of Chicago All rights reserved. Published 2007 Printed in the United States of America 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 1 2 3 4 5 isbn-13: 978-0-226-04457-6 (cloth) isbn-13: 978-0-226-04458-3 (paper) isbn-10: 0-226-04457-2 (cloth) isbn-10: 0-226-04458-0 (paper) Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Bernstein, Elizabeth, 1968– Temporarily yours : intimacy, authenticity, and the commerce of sex / Elizabeth Bernstein. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn-13: 978-0-226-04457-6 (cloth : alk. paper) isbn-13: 978-0-226-04458-3 (pbk. : alk. paper) isbn-10: 0-226-04457-2 (cloth : alk. paper) isbn-10: 0-226-04458-0 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Prostitution. 2. Sex-oriented businesses. I. Title. hq118.b47 2007 306.740973 — dc22 2006034203 ᭺ The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Information Sciences — Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ansi z39.48–1992.