Love in times of violence
Prostitution and documentary filmmaking in Mexico City
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21724765 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Dominika Gasiorowski (0000-0001-6537-2612, independent scholar, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 291-310 |
| Publication date | 2021-06-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Romance Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1473-3536 • E-ISSN: 1752-2331 |
| Publisher | Liverpool University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.3828/jrs.2021.15 |
| OpenAlex | W3173212716 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 10 |
Maya Goded’s photography and filmmaking career has been tackling issues surrounding sex work in Mexico for more than two decades. Her first feature-length documentary, Plaza de la soledad (2016), set in Mexico City’s La Merced, probes issues of violence, resilience and love, with the main protagonists, who are ageing sex workers, negotiating their precarious positions between traumatic past events and uncertain futures. This paper examines Goded’s representation of prostitution as one designed to challenge dominant narratives about sex work in Mexico by shedding light on the private lives of women against their stereotypical portrayals
Archaeology · Art · Filmmaking · Futures contract · Literature · Maya · Movie theater · Narrative · Political science · Politics · Sex work · Sociology · Visual arts · Gender Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · History · Law · Sex work and related issues · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |