Prostitution and Victorian Society: Women, Class, and the State
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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.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0521270642
ISBN13:9780521270649
Release Date:October 1982
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:360 Pages
Weight:1.12 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"
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England Europe Gender Studies Health, Fitness & Dieting Health, Fitness & Dieting Historical Study & Educational Resources History Ireland Law Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Politics & Social Sciences Psychology Psychology & Counseling Social History Social Science Social Sciences Sociology Wales Western Women's StudiesCustomer Reviews
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Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
This is an excellent book when it is discussing lower class women reactions to dominance by men and Middle Class Victorian attitudes toward the lower classes. The author makes the point that prostitution was often a job of short duration for women who would presumably move on to other things; marriage, working class occupations, domestic help. 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 on the treatment of lower class women.
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