Prostitution: Prevention and Reform in England, 1860-1914Routledge, 12 nov. 2012 - 248 pages Prostitution: Prevention and Reform in England, 1860-1914 is the first comprehensive overview of attempts to eradicate prostitution from English society, including discussion of early attempts at reform and prevention through to the campaigns of the social purists. Prostitution looks in depth at the various reform institutions which were set up to house prostitutes, analysing the motives of the reformers as well as daily life within these penitentiaries. This indispensable book reveals: * reformers' attitudes towards prostitutes and prostitution * daily life inside reform institutions * attempts at moral education * developments in moral health theories * influence of eugenics * attempts at suppressing prostitution. |
Table des matières
Reform institutions | 25 |
Daily life inside reform institutions | 46 |
Prevention is better than cure Ladies Associations for the Care of Friendless Girls | 71 |
Moral education and protective legislation | 73 |
Wayward and troublesome girls | 94 |
The making of the mentally deficient Prostitution and the feebleminded | 117 |
The background | 119 |
Care rather than cure | 137 |
Purifying the nation | 153 |
Suppressing prostitution | 155 |
Men and morality | 178 |
from fin de siecle to the millennium | 197 |
major laws concerning prostitution | 202 |
Bibliography | 203 |
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Autres éditions - Tout afficher
Prostitution: Prevention and Reform in England, 1860-1914 Paula Bartley Aucun aperçu disponible - 2000 |
Expressions et termes fréquents
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