Respectability on Trial
Sex Crimes in New York City, 1900-1918
1st Edition
Published on 21. September 2016
244 pages
978-1-4384-6196-0 (ISBN)
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Recovers and chronicles the plights of ordinary New Yorkers that resonate with contemporary debates on rape and domestic violence.
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Brian Donovan is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Kansas and the author of White Slave Crusades: Race, Gender, and Anti-vice Activism, 1887-1917.
Content
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Trials of the First Sexual Revolution
2. Date Rape and the Crime of Seduction
3. Rape and the Double Bind of Progressive-Era Femininity
4. White Slaves and Ordinary Prostitutes
5. Sodomy, Manhood, and Consent
6. Conclusion: Rethinking Sexual Revolution
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Introduction
1. Trials of the First Sexual Revolution
2. Date Rape and the Crime of Seduction
3. Rape and the Double Bind of Progressive-Era Femininity
4. White Slaves and Ordinary Prostitutes
5. Sodomy, Manhood, and Consent
6. Conclusion: Rethinking Sexual Revolution
Notes
Bibliography
Index
