Prostitution and Victorian Society - Women, Class, and the State

Klappentext A study of alliances between prostitutes and femminists and their clashes with medical authorities and police. Zusammenfassung The state regulation of prostitution 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. This book makes a major contribution to women's history! working-class history! and the social history of medicine and politics. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Introduction; Part I. Prostitution, Social Science and Venereal Disease: 1. The common prostitute in Victorian Britain; 2. Social science and the great social evil; 3. Venereal disease; Part II. The Contagious Diseases Acts, Regulationists and Repealers: 4. The Contagious Diseases Acts and their advocates; 5. The repeal campaign; 6. The leadership of the Ladies' National Association; 7. Class and gender conflict within the repeal movement; Part III. Two Case Studies: Plymouth and Southampton under the Contagious Diseases Acts: 8. Plymouth and Southampton under the Contagious Diseases Acts; 9. The repeal campaign in Plymouth and Southampton 1870-4; 10. The making of an outcast group: prostitutes and working women in Plymouth and Southampton; 11. The hospitals; 12. The local repeal campaign, 1874-86; Epilog; Notes; Selected bibliography; Index.

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• Authors: Walkowitz Judith R., Judith Walkowitz, Judith R. Walkowitz, Walkowitz Judith R.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.10.1982
• EAN: 9780521270649
• ISBN: 978-0-521-27064-9
• No. of pages: 360
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; England, Wales, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, c 1500 onwards to present day, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, British & Irish history, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, C 1700 To C 1800, Criminal law: procedure and offences, Wales / Cymru