Sex for Sale in Scotland
Edinburgh University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4744-2931-3 (ISBN)
Sex for Sale in Scotland examines the various formal and informal methods that were used to police female prostitution in Edinburgh and Glasgow between 1900 and 1939 and explores how these policies influenced women’s lives. The book uses a rich combination of police, probation, magistrates’, poor law and voluntary organisations’ records to demonstrate how these organisations combined to establish a ‘penal-welfare’ approach towards regulating prostitution in Scotland. By mapping the geography of prostitution, the book argues that prostitution was not forced into the outskirts of society, either physically or socially.
The book examines both indoor and outdoor prostitution and the relationships that developed among the wide range of people who profited from commercial sex. Particular emphasis is placed on the experiences of the women involved in prostitution, highlighting the poverty, exploitation and abuse they faced, but also the ways in which they negotiated these dangers.
This social history of prostitution maps how the organisation, policing and experiences of prostitution developed in an ever-changing urban landscape during a period of extraordinary developments in technology and entertainment, alongside the wider socio-economic changes brought about by the First World War.
Louise Settle is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Edinburgh. In 2012 she received the Jeremiah Dalziel Prize in British History for her doctoral research. She is a contributing author to various journals including Twentieth Century British History, The Journal of Scottish Historical Studies, and History and Policy.
List of Illustrations; Chapter One: Introduction; Chapter Two: Controlling the ‘Social Evil’: Policing Prostitution; Chapter Three: The Social Geography of Prostitution; Chapter Four: Reforming the ‘Fallen’: Voluntary Organisations, Probation and the Informal Regulation of Prostitution; Chapter Five: Women’s Experiences of Prostitution; Chapter Six: Dance Clubs and Ice-Cream Tubs: Clandestine Prostitution and the Kosmo Club; Chapter Seven: Conclusion; Bibliography.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 28.09.2017 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 33 black and white illustrations, 2 black and white tables, 9 black and white halftones |
| Verlagsort | Edinburgh |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Gewicht | 348 g |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918) |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Sexualität / Partnerschaft | |
| Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4744-2931-9 / 1474429319 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4744-2931-3 / 9781474429313 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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