Selling Sex in the Reich - Prostitutes in German Society, 1914-1945

Zusatztext engaging ... contributes to the historiography of gender and sexuality by throwing light on the experience of women working as prostitutes. Informationen zum Autor Victoria Harris is a Research Fellow in History at King's College, Cambridge, where she also teaches and supervises topics in Modern European History. Klappentext Focusing on issues of deviance, class, and gender, Harris reassesses the experience of working in the sex trade in early-twentieth-century Germany, touching upon arguments about the meaning of prostitution and what its history tells about wider social developments. Zusammenfassung Focusing on issues of deviance, class, and gender, Harris reassesses the experience of working in the sex trade in early-twentieth-century Germany, touching upon arguments about the meaning of prostitution and what its history tells about wider social developments.

Summary

Focusing on issues of deviance, class, and gender, Harris reassesses the experience of working in the sex trade in early-twentieth-century Germany, touching upon arguments about the meaning of prostitution and what its history tells about wider social developments.

Product details

• Authors: Victoria Harris, Victoria (Research Fellow Harris, Harris Victoria
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.06.2012
• EAN: 9780199657797
• ISBN: 978-0-19-965779-7
• No. of pages: 232
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Germany, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, Social and cultural history, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Sex and sexuality, social aspects, c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1), c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), Ethical Issues: Prostitution & Sex Industry, Sociology: work and labour, Ethical issues and debates, c 1914 to c 1918 (World War One period), SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Sexuality