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Common Prostitutes and Ordinary Citizens : Commercial Sex in London, 1885-1960 / / by J. Laite



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Autore: Laite Julia <1979-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Common Prostitutes and Ordinary Citizens : Commercial Sex in London, 1885-1960 / / by J. Laite Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2012
Edizione: 1st ed. 2012.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (315 p.)
Disciplina: 306.740942
Soggetto topico: Great Britain - History
Social history
Sex
History, Modern
Ethics
Criminology
History of Britain and Ireland
Social History
Gender Studies
Modern History
Moral Philosophy and Applied Ethics
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  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 9780230354210
0230354211
9780230230545
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910954306103321
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Serie: Genders and Sexualities in History, . 2730-9487