Title City of dreadful delight : narratives of sexual danger in late-Victorian London / Judith R. Walkowitz

Published Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [1992] ©1992

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Description xiv, 353 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Series Women in culture and society Women in culture and society. Contents Urban spectatorship. -- Contested terrain: new social actors. -- "The Maiden Tribute of Modern Babylon" -- "The Maiden Tribute": cultural consequences. -- The Men and Women's Club. -- Science and the séance: transgressions of gender and genre. -- Jack the Ripper. -- Epilogue: The Yorkshire Ripper Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-338) and index Subject Feminism -- England -- History -- 19th century. Popular culture -- England -- History -- 19th century. Prostitution -- England -- London -- History -- 19th century. Sex crimes -- England -- London -- History -- 19th century. Sex role -- England -- History -- 19th century. SUBJECT England http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82068148 -- Moral conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00006096 England http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82068148 -- Popular culture -- History -- 19th century LC no. 91048153 ISBN 0226871452 (cloth : alk. paper) 0226871460 (paperback: alk. paper)

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