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Casting Stones: Prostitution and Liberation in Asia and the United States Paperback - 1996

by Rita Nakashima Brock (Translator); Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite (Translator)

A cross-cultural analysis by two leading feminist theoloians of the sex industry, this book concentrates on the role of religion in shaping and sustaining related cultural values and the roles of militarism and business in the sexual exploitation of women, men, and children.


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This stunning look at the global sex industry brings fresh analysis and new approaches to the baffling and complex issues that surround prostitution.

Religion and society have both cast stones at prostitutes, seeing them as archetypal sinners and blaming them for their situation. Brock and Thistlethwaite, after many years of research, travel, and interviews, offer this cross-cultural study. They compare and highlight structures that sustain prostitution as a global system of exploitation of the most vulnerable in the United States as well as Korea, Japan, the Philippines, Thailand, and Taiwan.

This structural analysis is then submitted to a theological critique of doctrines of sin and karma, the traditional rubrics under which religion (in this instance, Christianity and Buddhism) has considered prostitution. The heart of their project is rethinking the deeper cultural and religious notions of sexuality, power, and violence that undergird sexual exploitation. New approaches to prostitution through religious and social change are proposed.

Brock and Thistlethwaite make the case to all persons of conscience that prostitution is a serious social justice issue, and they suggest modes of analysis and practical ways to make a difference. They demand each reader to ask, "Who am I to cast the first stone?"

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  • Title Casting Stones: Prostitution and Liberation in Asia and the United States
  • Author Rita Nakashima Brock (Translator); Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite (Translator)
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 392
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Fortress Press, Minneapolis
  • Date 1996-09-23
  • ISBN 9780800629793 / 0800629795
  • Weight 1.29 lbs (0.59 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.32 x 5.75 x 0.99 in (23.67 x 14.61 x 2.51 cm)
  • Themes
    • Religious Orientation: Christian
    • Theometrics: Academic
  • Library of Congress subjects Feminist theology, Patriarchy
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 96-18515
  • Dewey Decimal Code 306
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