| Description |
1 online resource (x, 246 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Gender in history |
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Gender in history.
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| Contents |
The case of the "cult of the clitoris" : treachery, patriotism and English womanhood -- Butterfly women, "Chinamen", dope fiends and metropolitan allure -- The tribulations of Edith Thompson : sexual incitement as a capital crime -- Mme Fahmy's vindication : orientalism, miscegenation fears and female fantasy -- "Hunnish scenes" and a "virgin birth" : the contested marriage and motherhood of a curious modern woman -- Afterlives |
| Summary |
"Modern women on trial looks at several sensational trials involving drugs, murder, adultery, miscegenation and sexual perversion in the period 1918-24. The trials, all with young female defendants, were presented in the media as morality tales, warning of the dangers of sensation-seeking and sexual transgression. The book scrutinises the trials and their coverage in the press to identify concerns about modern femininity. The flapper later became closely associated with the 'roaring' 1920s, but in the period immediately after the Great War she represented not only newness and hedonism, but also a frightening, uncertain future. This figure of the modern woman was a personification of the upheavals of the time, representing anxieties about modernity, and instabilities of gender, class, race and national identity. This accessible, extensively researched book will be of interest to all those interested in social, cultural or gender history."-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-238) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Trials (Sex crimes) -- England -- History -- 20th century
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Women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- England -- History -- 20th century
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Sex customs -- England -- History -- 20th century
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Sex role -- England -- History -- 20th century
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Women -- England -- Social life and customs -- 20th century
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Popular culture -- England -- History -- 20th century
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Nineteen twenties.
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HISTORY -- Social History.
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Women -- Legal status, laws, etc.
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Trials (Sex crimes)
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Nineteen twenties
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Crime
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Popular culture
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Sex customs
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Sex role
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Women
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Women -- Social life and customs
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Femmes -- Procès -- Angleterre (GB) -- 20e siècle.
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Crimes sexuels -- Procès -- Angleterre (GB) -- 20e siècle.
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Morale sexuelle -- Angleterre (GB) -- 20e siècle.
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Années 1920.
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England
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Great Britain
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781847798961 |
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1847798969 |
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