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28 .10. 2004
Worldly Women

Modo infoshop e Sexyshock invite you to come meet Daniela Danna author of the book "Worldly Women" Bologna, in Via Mascarella 24/b ñ Modo inoshop

Thursday October 28th Sexyshock public contamination space- and Modo inoshop invite you to the presentation of "Worldly Women sex commerce and and state control" Daniela Dannaís latest book and first nomadic event of the sexyshock project that once left the Via Lenin space, now contaminates other city spaces and invades town!

It will invade town talking of work, sex, powerand of misfortune and challenges with the meeting and chatting with Daniela Danna and through images of the video Sex workers in action:::May Day 2004, Horenopoly Tournament of at the May Day and ìStreet Voices- a contemporary glance at prostitution î by Armando Perez and with the help of the Via del Campo crew.

Donne di mondo is a old way of saying to refer to prostitutes: worldly because they belong to everybody and to nobody in times when wives were property of their husbands; worldly because their life was antithetical to religious commandments; worldly women also because they move and practice prostitution away from home.
Itís this meaning that prevails nowadays: prostitutes are for the most migrants, coming from economically defeated parts of the planet and travelling towards a bigger world to belong to.

This book talks about them and of all the other actors of the sex commerce, with a special look that underlines the separating function of the sixties sexual revolution in giving new meanings to the sex exchange between sex and money and develop new political proposals. It shows, at itís heart, the ruthless debate that constitutes and builds up the sex commerce new social realities, in the forever try of the State to control it.

*Daniela Danna was born in Milan in 1967; is now researcher at the Faculty of
Political Science of the Milan State University. Is author of
"Amiche, compagne, amanti. Storia dellíamore tra donne" (Mondadori 1994),
"Matrimonio omosessuale" (Erre Emme 1997)
and "Io ho una bella figlia... le madri lesbiche raccontano" (Zoe 1998).
http://www.danieladanna.it - http://www.eleuthera.it