Prostitute''s Body - Rewriting Prostitution in Victorian Britain

Attwood examines Victorian attitudes to prostitution across a number of sources: medical, literary, pornographic.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: ‘The Great Social Evil’ – Representing the Victorian Prostitute; Chapter 1 White-Washed Sepulchres and Wives of Englishmen: William Acton’s Representation of English Prostitutes; Chapter 2 From ‘Masses of Rottenness’ to the ‘Queen’s Women’: The Report of the Royal Commission (1871); Chapter 3 Mothers, Sisters and Shameless Women: Josephine Butler and the Victorian Prostitute; Chapter 4 Mercy and Grace: Wilkie Collins and the New Magdalen; Chapter 5 My Secret Life and the Pornographic Representation of Prostitution; conclusion Conclusion: Countering the Myth;

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Nina Attwood

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Nina Attwood, Attwood Nina
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 21.01.2016
• EAN: 9781138661189
• ISBN: 978-1-138-66118-9
• Seiten: 224
• Serie: "The Body, Gender and Culture"
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte; History, European History, HISTORY / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, HISTORY / Social History, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Social and cultural history, Sex and sexuality, social aspects, Ethical Issues: Prostitution & Sex Industry, Ethical issues and debates, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Sexuality