The Prostitute's Body
Rewriting Prostitution in Victorian Britain
1st Edition
Published on 1. December 2010
Book
Hardback
224 pages
978-1-84893-006-3 (ISBN)
Description
Attwood examines Victorian attitudes to prostitution across a number of sources: medical, literary, pornographic.
Reviews / Votes
'makes an important contribution to ongoing scholarship ... we glean more insight into the often troubling, contradictory attitudes and opinions toward prostitution that continue to this day.' Journal of the History of SexualityMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
485 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84893-006-3 (9781848930063)
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Person
Nina Attwood
Content
Introduction: 'The Great Social Evil' - Representing the Victorian Prostitute; Chapter 1 White-Washed Sepulchres and Wives of Englishmen: William Acton's Representation of English Prostitutes; Chapter 2 From 'Masses of Rottenness' to the 'Queen's Women': The Report of the Royal Commission (1871); Chapter 3 Mothers, Sisters and Shameless Women: Josephine Butler and the Victorian Prostitute; Chapter 4 Mercy and Grace: Wilkie Collins and the New Magdalen; Chapter 5 My Secret Life and the Pornographic Representation of Prostitution; conclusion Conclusion: Countering the Myth;