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.
| ISBN: | 9780521270649 |
| Publication date: | 29th October 1982 |
| Author: | Judith R Walkowitz |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 360 pages |
| Genres: |
European history Criminal law: procedure and offences |
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.
Prostitution and Victorian Society features in the following genres: European history, Criminal law: procedure and offences
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Prostitution and Victorian Society was written by Judith R Walkowitz and published by Cambridge University Press
Prostitution and Victorian Society has 360 pages
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