ISBN:
9780199578573
,
9780191573675
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xii, 210 p)
,
ill., maps
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2010 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version Selling Sex in the Reich : Prostitutes in German Society, 1914-1945
DDC:
306.74
Keywords:
Prostitutes 20th century
;
Germany Social conditions 20th century
Abstract:
Selling Sex in the Reich focuses on the voices and experiences of prostitutes working in the German sex trade in the first half of the twentieth century. Victoria Harris develops a nuanced picture of the prostitutes' backgrounds, their reasons for entering the trade, and their attitudes towards their work and those who sought to control them, as well as of their clients and the wide variety of other players within the wider prostitute milieu. Public responses to the issueof prostitution are revealed through the motivations of the law enforcement agencies, social workers, and doctors who increa
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents; List of Figures; Abbreviations; Town Plan of Leipzig; City Centre, Leipzig; Town Plan of Hamburg; City Centre, Hamburg; Prologue; Introduction: Rescuing the Fallen Woman; 1. The Prostitute Experience; 2. The Prostitute Milieu; 3. The Prostitute and Society; 4. The Prostitute and the State; Conclusion: Towards an Understanding of the Prostitute Experience; Bibliography; Index;
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
URL:
Volltext
(lizenzpflichtig)
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199578573.001.0001
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