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Learn more. Lilith Kraushaar. The classifications of the prostitute bodies by exclusion's operations, in specific historical moments, question the imaginary and the meanings of these classifications, and the mechanisms used to distinguish the prostitutional body.
We analyzed here some media pictures of two police cases of murdered women: "the woman of black boots" of Calama in and "the sunken woman" of Antofagasta in , both in Northern Chile. The public exhibition of these bodies show the convergence of speeches of sexuality, violence and desire, the gender and class relations inscribed on the "prostitute" figure, and the re-signification of these women as popular saints in those mining cities. Citations 0. References 2.
