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The prostitute's body : rewriting prostitution in Victorian Britain
- Title
- The prostitute's body : rewriting prostitution in Victorian Britain / by Nina Attwood.
- Author
- Attwood, Nina.
- Publication
- London ; Brookfield, Vt. : Pickering & Chatto, 2011.
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Details
- Description
- vii, 201 pages; 24 cm
- Series Statement
- Body, gender and culture ; no. 3
- Uniform Title
- Body, gender and culture ; no. 3.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-197) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction : 'The great social evil'--representing the Victorian prosititue -- White-washed sepulchres and wives of Englishmen : William Acton's representation of English prostitutes -- From 'masses of rottenness' to the 'queen's women' : the report of the Royal Commission (1871) -- Mothers, sisters and shameless women : Josephine Butler and the Victorian prostitute -- Mercy and grace : Wilkie Collins and The new Magdalen -- My secret life and the pornographic representation of prostitution -- Conclusion : countering the myth.
- Call Number
- JFE 16-3899
- ISBN
- 9781848930063
- 1848930062
- 9781848930070 (canceled/invalid)
- 1848930070 (canceled/invalid)
- OCLC
- 685081322
- Author
- Attwood, Nina.
- Title
- The prostitute's body : rewriting prostitution in Victorian Britain / by Nina Attwood.
- Imprint
- London ; Brookfield, Vt. : Pickering & Chatto, 2011.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Body, gender and culture ; no. 3Body, gender and culture ; no. 3.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-197) and index.
- Chronological Term
- Geschichte 1837-1901.Geschichte 1837-1901.1800 - 1899
- Research Call Number
- JFE 16-3899