Prostitution and Victorian Society Women, Class, and the State

Name: Prostitution and Victorian Society Women, Class, and the State
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ISBN: 9780521270649

ISBN-10: 0521270642

ISBN-13: 9780521270649

Edition: 1982

Authors: Judith R. Walkowitz

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The state regulation of prostitution, as established under the Contagious Diseases Acts of 1864, 1866 and 1869, 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. Prostitution and Victorian Society makes a major contribution to women's history, working-class history, and the social history of medicine and politics. It demonstrates how feminists and others mobilized over sexual questions, how public discourse on prostitution redefined sexuality in the late nineteenth century, and how the state helped to recast definitions of social deviance.

Book details

List price: $59.99
Copyright year: 1982
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 10/29/1982
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 360
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English



Preface


Introduction



Prostitution, Social Science and Venereal Disease



The common prostitute in Victorian Britain



Social science and the great social evil



Venereal disease



The Contagious Diseases Acts, Regulationists and Repealers



The Contagious Diseases Acts and their advocates



The repeal campaign



The leadership of the Ladies' National Association



Class and gender conflict within the repeal movement



Two Case Studies: Plymouth and Southampton under the Contagious Diseases Acts: 8. Plymouth and Southampton under the Contagious Diseases Acts



The repeal campaign in Plymouth and Southampton 1870-4



The making of an outcast group: prostitutes and working women in Plymouth and Southampton



The hospitals



The local repeal campaign, 1874-86


Epilog


Notes


Selected bibliography


Index