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The prostitute's body : rewriting prostitution in Victorian Britain
- Author
- Attwood, Nina.
- Title
- The prostitute's body : rewriting prostitution in Victorian Britain / by Nina Attwood.
- Format
- Book
- Published
- London : Pickering & Chatto, 2011.
- Description
- vii, 201 p. ; 24 cm.
- Uniform series
- Body, gender and culture ; no. 3.
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
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- Introduction: 'the great social evil' - representing the Victorian prostitute
- 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.
- Kinsey subjects
- Prostitutes--Great Britain--19th century. Prostitution--Great Britain--19th century. Prostitution history--Great Britain--19th century. Social conditions--Great Britain--19th century.
- ISBN
- 9781848930063 (hbk.) 1848930062 (hbk.) 9781848930070 (ebk.) 1848930070 (ebk.)