| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 409 pages) : illustrations |
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Etudes d'histoire du Quebec = Studies on the history of Quebec ; 30 |
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Studies on the history of Quebec ; 30.
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| Contents |
Introduction Brutal Passions and Beyond: Locating Women's Experiences in the Montreal Judicial Archives -- PART I Prostitutes, Brothel-Keepers, and Their Workplaces. 1 Disorderly Women and Disorderly Houses: The Social Geography of Prostitution -- 2 At Home in the Brothel: The Household Economy and Residential Prostitution -- 3 Kinship, Friendship, and Community: Street Prostitution, Homelessness, and Subsistence Strategies |
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PART II Between Law and Custom: Regulating Prostitution. 4 Seeking Justice: Plaintiffs, Prostitution Laws, and Legal Procedures -- 5 Policing Prostitution: Peace Officers, Prostitutes, and Ambiguity -- 6 Judging Prostitutes: Encounters, Strategies, and Outcomes at Court -- 7 Correcting Prostitutes: Harsh Punishment for Brutal Passions -- Conclusion: Discourse, Everyday Life, and Women's Agency |
| Summary |
During a time of significant demographic, geographic, and social transition, many women in early nineteenth-century Montreal turned to prostitution and brothel-keeping to feed, clothe, protect, and house themselves and their families. Beyond Brutal Passions is a close study of the women who were accused of marketing sex, their economic and social susceptibilities, and the strategies they employed to resist authority and assert their own agency. Referencing newspapers, parish registers, census returns, coroners' reports, city directories, documents of Catholic and Protestant institutions, police books, and court records, Mary Anne Poutanen reveals how these women confronted limited alternatives and how they fought against established authority in the pursuit of their livelihoods. She details these women's lives not only as prostitutes but also as wives, mothers, sisters, and daughters who reconstructed the bonds of kinship and solidarity. An insightful history of prostitution, Beyond Brutal Passions explores the complicated relationships between women accused of prostitution and the society in which they lived and worked |
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A social history exploring the intersections between those accused of prostitution, their neighbours, families, clients, and criminal justice |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 373-396) and index |
| Notes |
English |
| Subject |
Prostitution -- Québec (Province) -- Montréal -- History -- 19th century
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Prostitutes -- Québec (Province) -- Montréal -- History -- 19th century
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
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Prostitutes
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Prostitution
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Social conditions
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Montréal (Québec) -- Social conditions -- 19th century
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Montréal (Québec) -- History -- 19th century
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| Subject |
Québec -- Montréal
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780773583900 |
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0773583904 |
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9780773583887 |
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0773583882 |
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9780773545342 |
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0773545344 |
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9780773545335 |
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0773545336 |
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