ISBN:
9781439914892
,
9781439914885
Language:
English
Pages:
xi, 248 Seiten
,
Illustrationen, Karte
Series Statement:
Sexuality studies
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Ross, Andrew Israel Public City/Public Sex
DDC:
306.76/620944361
Keywords:
Male homosexuality History 19th century
;
Prostitution History 19th century
;
Public sex History 19th century
;
City and town life History 19th century
;
City planning History 19th century
;
Social control History 19th century
;
Paris (France) Social conditions 19th century
;
Paris (France) Social policy
;
Paris
;
Homosexualität
;
Prostitution
;
Öffentlicher Raum
;
Soziale Kontrolle
;
Geschichte 1800-1900
Abstract:
Regulation, the maison de tolerance, and the signs of sex -- Public hygiene, public sex, and public urinals -- On prostitutes and pederasts -- Soliciting in the city : constructing a public sexual culture -- Public sphere/public sex -- Selling the pleasures of Paris.
Abstract:
"In the nineteenth century, Paris was redesigned in ways intended to exercise social control over its citizens. This effort to control certain kinds of interactions, however, created new spaces that female prostitutes and men who sought sex with other men could use for public sex"--
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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