Title The magdalenes : prostitution in the nineteenth century / Linda Mahood

Published Abingdon : Routledge, 2013, ©1990

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 205 pages) Series Routledge library editions. Women's history ; v. 25 Routledge library editions. Women's history ; v. 25. Contents Pt. 1. The birth of social medicine and the state -- pt. 2. Philanthropy, piety, and the state -- pt. 3. The Glasgow system : police repression or veiled regulation? Summary The nineteenth century witnessed a discursive explosion around the subject of sex. Historical evidence indicates that the sexual behaviour which had always been punishable began to be spoken of, regulated, and policed in new ways. Prostitutes were no longer dragged through the town, dunked in lakes, whipped and branded. Medieval forms of punishment shifted from the emphasis on punishing the body to punishing the mind. Building on the work of Foucault, Walkowitz, and Mort, Linda Mahood traces and examines new approached emerging throughout the nineteenth century towards prostitution and looks at the apparatus and institutions created for its regulation and control. In particular, throughout the century, the bourgeoisie contributed regularly to the discourse on the prostitution problem, the debate focusing on the sexual and vocational behaviour of working class women. The thrust of the discourse, however, was not just repression or control but the moral reform through religious training, moral education, and training in domestic service of working class women. With her emphasis on Scottish 'magdalene' homes and a case study of the system of police repression used in Glasgow, Linda Mahood has written the first book of its kind dealing with these issues in Scotland. At the same time the book sets nineteenth-century treatment of prostitutes in Scotland into the longer run of British attempts to control 'drabs and harlots', and contributes to the wider discussion of 'dangerous female sexuality' in a male-dominated society Notes Originally published: 1990 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 194-201) and index Notes Print version record Subject Prostitution -- Scotland -- History -- 19th century Sexually transmitted diseases -- Law and legislation -- Scotland -- History -- 19th century Prostitutes -- Rehabilitation -- Scotland -- History -- 19th century Working class women -- Sexual behavior -- Scotland -- History -- 19th century Law enforcement -- Scotland -- History -- 19th century HISTORY / Modern / 19th Century. REFERENCE / General. Law enforcement Prostitutes -- Rehabilitation Prostitution Sexually transmitted diseases -- Law and legislation Working class women -- Sexual behavior Scotland Genre/Form Electronic books History Form Electronic book ISBN 1299733433 9781299733435

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