ISBN:
9781848930063
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (210 p)
Series Statement:
""The Body, Gender and Culture
Parallel Title:
Print version The Prostitute's Body : Rewriting Prostitution in Victorian Britain
DDC:
306.74094109034
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
Attwood examines Victorian attitudes to prostitution across a number of sources: medical, literary, pornographic
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: 'The Great Social Evil' - Representing the Victorian Prostitute; 1 White-Washed Sepulchres and Wives of Englishmen: William Acton's Representation of English Prostitutes; 2 From 'Masses of Rottenness' to the 'Queen's Women': The Report of the Royal Commission (1871); 3 Mothers, Sisters and Shameless Women: Josephine Butler and the Victorian Prostitute; 4 Mercy and Grace: Wilkie Collins and The New Magdalen; 5 My Secret Life and the Pornographic Representation of Prostitution
Description / Table of Contents:
Conclusion: Countering the MythNotes; Works Cited; Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
