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Detalls de l'obraProstitution and Victorian Society: Women, Class, and the State de Judith R. Walkowitz
![]() No n'hi ha cap No hi ha cap discussió a Converses sobre aquesta obra. An excellent study drawing on a wide variety of materials and evidence examining the category, phenomenon, and identity of 'prostitute' in a historically-sensitive and deep fashion. ( ![]() This is an excellent book when it is discussing Womens' resistance to dominance by men and Middle Class Victorian attitudes toward the lower classes. It gets dull and dissertation like when discussing the doings of the various parties arrayed against each other over the Contagious Disease Act, which sought to regulate venereal disease amongst prostitutes. I Wish it could be chopped up in two big sections. In any case, chapters 1, 2, 8, 10 would suffice for the first view. Needless to say, there is no prurient interest in this book of social history and on the treatment of lower class women. Sense ressenyes | afegeix-hi una ressenya
The state regulation of prostitution, as established under the Contagious Diseases Acts of 1864, 1866 and 1869, and the successful campaign for the repeal of the Acts, provide the framework for this study of alliances between prostitutes and feminists and their clashes with medical authorities and police. Prostitution and Victorian Society makes a major contribution to women's history, working-class history, and the social history of medicine and politics. It demonstrates how feminists and others mobilized over sexual questions, how public discourse on prostitution redefined sexuality in the late nineteenth century, and how the state helped to recast definitions of social deviance. No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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