Common Prostitutes and Ordinary Citizens [[electronic resource] ] : Commercial Sex in London, 1885-1960 / / by J. Laite
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| Autore: |
Laite J
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| Titolo: |
Common Prostitutes and Ordinary Citizens [[electronic resource] ] : Commercial Sex in London, 1885-1960 / / by J. Laite
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| Pubblicazione: | London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2012 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. 2012. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (315 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 306.740942 |
| 306.7409420904 | |
| Soggetto topico: | Great Britain—History |
| Social history | |
| Sociology | |
| History, Modern | |
| Ethics | |
| Criminology | |
| History of Britain and Ireland | |
| Social History | |
| Gender Studies | |
| Modern History | |
| Criminology and Criminal Justice, general | |
| Classificazione: | HIS015000HIS037070HIS037060SOC028000 |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Machine generated contents note: -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Criminalizing Commercial Sex -- Selling sex: Women, Work, and Prostitution -- Buying Sex: Men and the Marketplace -- The Crusade Begins: The Criminal Law Amendment Act and London's 'Brothels' Before the First World War -- Women in Public and Public Women: Controlling Street Prostitution 1887-1914 -- 'Down on Whores' and 'Living on the Earnings': Violence, Vulnerability and the Law after 1885 -- White Slaves and Alien Prostitutes: Trafficking, Protection, and Punishment in the Early Twentieth Century -- Making War, Taking Fingerprints, and Challenging the Law: Policy Changes and Public Debates after 1914 -- Behind Closed Doors: Off-Street Commercial Sex in the Interwar Years -- Sex, War, and Syndication: Organized Prostitution and the Second World War -- The Shame of London: Prostitution and Panic in the Post-War Metropolis -- Risking the Dangers: Reconsidering Commercial Sex in 'Permissive Britain' -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Between 1885 and 1960, laws and policies designed to repress prostitution dramatically shaped London's commercial sex industry. This book examines how laws translated into street-level reality, explores how women who sold sex experienced criminalization, and charts the complex dimensions of the underground sexual economy in the modern metropolis. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Common Prostitutes and Ordinary Citizens |
| ISBN: | 0-230-35421-1 |
| 9780230354210 | |
| 9780230230545 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910778931503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Genders and Sexualities in History, . 2730-9479