The Prostitute's Body

Rewriting Prostitution in Victorian Britain

Nina Attwood

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English

Pickering & Chatto (Publishers) Ltd
01 December 2010

British & Irish history; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900; Social & cultural history; Ethical issues: prostitution & sex industry

Series: ""The Body, Gender and Culture""

Attwood examines Victorian attitudes to prostitution across a number of sources: medical, literary, pornographic.

By: Nina Attwood
Imprint: Pickering & Chatto (Publishers) Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Volume: No. 3
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 430g
ISBN: 9781848930063
ISBN 10: 1848930062
Series: ""The Body, Gender and Culture""
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 01 December 2010
Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Primary , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction: ‘The Great Social Evil’ – Representing the Victorian Prostitute; Chapter 1 White-Washed Sepulchres and Wives of Englishmen: William Acton’s Representation of English Prostitutes; Chapter 2 From ‘Masses of Rottenness’ to the ‘Queen’s Women’: The Report of the Royal Commission (1871); Chapter 3 Mothers, Sisters and Shameless Women: Josephine Butler and the Victorian Prostitute; Chapter 4 Mercy and Grace: Wilkie Collins and the New Magdalen; Chapter 5 My Secret Life and the Pornographic Representation of Prostitution; conclusion Conclusion: Countering the Myth;

Nina Attwood

Reviews for The Prostitute's Body: Rewriting Prostitution in Victorian Britain

'makes an important contribution to ongoing scholarship ... we glean more insight into the often troubling, contradictory attitudes and opinions toward prostitution that continue to this day.' Journal of the History of Sexuality