MacDonald P. Jackson
- Published in print:
- 2003
- Published Online:
- January 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780199260508
- eISBN:
- 9780191717635
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199260508.001.0001
- Subject:
- Literature, Shakespeare Studies
‘That very great play, Pericles’, as T. S. Eliot called it, poses formidable problems of text and authorship. The first of the Late Romances, it was ascribed to Shakespeare when printed in a quarto ...
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‘That very great play, Pericles’, as T. S. Eliot called it, poses formidable problems of text and authorship. The first of the Late Romances, it was ascribed to Shakespeare when printed in a quarto of 1609, but was not included in the First Folio (1623) collection of his plays. This book examines rival theories about the quarto's origins and offers compelling evidence that Pericles is the product of collaboration between Shakespeare and the minor dramatist George Wilkins, who was responsible for the first two acts and for portions of the ‘brothel scenes’ in Act 4. Pericles serves as a test case for methodologies that seek to define the limits of the Shakespeare canon and to identify co-authors. A wide range of metrical, lexical, and other data is analysed. Computerized ‘stylometric’ texts are explained and their findings assessed. A concluding chapter introduces a new technique that has the potential to answer many of the remaining questions of attribution associated with Shakespeare and his contemporaries.Less
‘That very great play, Pericles’, as T. S. Eliot called it, poses formidable problems of text and authorship. The first of the Late Romances, it was ascribed to Shakespeare when printed in a quarto of 1609, but was not included in the First Folio (1623) collection of his plays. This book examines rival theories about the quarto's origins and offers compelling evidence that Pericles is the product of collaboration between Shakespeare and the minor dramatist George Wilkins, who was responsible for the first two acts and for portions of the ‘brothel scenes’ in Act 4. Pericles serves as a test case for methodologies that seek to define the limits of the Shakespeare canon and to identify co-authors. A wide range of metrical, lexical, and other data is analysed. Computerized ‘stylometric’ texts are explained and their findings assessed. A concluding chapter introduces a new technique that has the potential to answer many of the remaining questions of attribution associated with Shakespeare and his contemporaries.
Victoria Harris
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- May 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780199578573
- eISBN:
- 9780191722936
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199578573.003.0004
- Subject:
- History, European Modern History
This chapter moves from the prostitute woman to the milieu of which she was a part. It asks whether prostitutes represented, as many historians have argued, a marginalized and relatively invisible ...
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This chapter moves from the prostitute woman to the milieu of which she was a part. It asks whether prostitutes represented, as many historians have argued, a marginalized and relatively invisible section of German society. It investigates with whom prostitutes interacted, and the nature of the economic and personal relationships in which they participated. Where did prostitutes live and work? Whom did they solicit and why? Did they do business with any other notable characters and, if so, whom? All of these questions seek a better understanding of where prostitutes fitted within German society and what that reveals about the workings of urban society more generally.Less
This chapter moves from the prostitute woman to the milieu of which she was a part. It asks whether prostitutes represented, as many historians have argued, a marginalized and relatively invisible section of German society. It investigates with whom prostitutes interacted, and the nature of the economic and personal relationships in which they participated. Where did prostitutes live and work? Whom did they solicit and why? Did they do business with any other notable characters and, if so, whom? All of these questions seek a better understanding of where prostitutes fitted within German society and what that reveals about the workings of urban society more generally.
Virgil K.Y. Ho
- Published in print:
- 2005
- Published Online:
- February 2006
- ISBN:
- 9780199282715
- eISBN:
- 9780191603037
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/0199282714.003.0006
- Subject:
- Economics and Finance, Economic History
The working conditions and lives of many prostitutes in Canton were not as horrific as frequently described in official propaganda and writings by concerned intellectuals. The reasons for their entry ...
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The working conditions and lives of many prostitutes in Canton were not as horrific as frequently described in official propaganda and writings by concerned intellectuals. The reasons for their entry into this trade, their experiences at work, their fate, and their images in the eyes of the common people were so diverse that they defied any simple generalization. Prostitution also served a meaningful social purpose, generating a significant amount of revenue for the local ‘revolutionary’ government.Less
The working conditions and lives of many prostitutes in Canton were not as horrific as frequently described in official propaganda and writings by concerned intellectuals. The reasons for their entry into this trade, their experiences at work, their fate, and their images in the eyes of the common people were so diverse that they defied any simple generalization. Prostitution also served a meaningful social purpose, generating a significant amount of revenue for the local ‘revolutionary’ government.
Lyndal Roper
- Published in print:
- 1991
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198202806
- eISBN:
- 9780191675522
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198202806.003.0004
- Subject:
- History, European Early Modern History
This chapter discusses the development in prostitution during the Reformation in Augsburg. The major development in prostitution during the Reformation was caused by the closure of city brothels, an ...
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This chapter discusses the development in prostitution during the Reformation in Augsburg. The major development in prostitution during the Reformation was caused by the closure of city brothels, an established part of civic life in most large towns for more than two centuries. The closure of these city brothels was caused by the system that administers prostitution. The most distinctive feature was the role of the government in running city brothels. Even though the brothel-keeper ran the business, the civic authority might still be liable for repairs to the premises. In return, during imperial visits, the Emperor was given a complimentary night at the brothel and their evening was celebrated with feasting. During feasting, prostitutes were always invited. The civic authority monitored and inspected these prostitutes to make sure they were suitable, clean, and healthy women. This role of the civic authority was interpreted by reformers as ungodly and this led to the closure of these brothels.Less
This chapter discusses the development in prostitution during the Reformation in Augsburg. The major development in prostitution during the Reformation was caused by the closure of city brothels, an established part of civic life in most large towns for more than two centuries. The closure of these city brothels was caused by the system that administers prostitution. The most distinctive feature was the role of the government in running city brothels. Even though the brothel-keeper ran the business, the civic authority might still be liable for repairs to the premises. In return, during imperial visits, the Emperor was given a complimentary night at the brothel and their evening was celebrated with feasting. During feasting, prostitutes were always invited. The civic authority monitored and inspected these prostitutes to make sure they were suitable, clean, and healthy women. This role of the civic authority was interpreted by reformers as ungodly and this led to the closure of these brothels.
Nina Kushner
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- August 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780801451560
- eISBN:
- 9780801470691
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Cornell University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7591/cornell/9780801451560.001.0001
- Subject:
- History, European Modern History
This book reveals the complex world of elite prostitution in eighteenth-century Paris—the demimonde—by focusing on the professional mistresses who dominated it. These damesentretenues exchanged sex, ...
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This book reveals the complex world of elite prostitution in eighteenth-century Paris—the demimonde—by focusing on the professional mistresses who dominated it. These damesentretenues exchanged sex, company, and sometimes even love for being “kept.” Most of these women entered the profession unwillingly, either because they were desperate and could find no other means of support or because they were sold by family members to brothels or to particular men. A small but significant percentage of kept women, however, came from a theater subculture that actively supported elite prostitution. The book shows that in its business conventions, its moral codes, and even its sexual practices the demimonde was an integral part of contemporary Parisian culture. The book's primary sources include thousands of folio pages of dossiers and other documents generated by the Paris police as they tracked the lives and careers of professional mistresses. Rather than reduce the history of sex work to the history of its regulation, the book interprets materials in a way that unlocks these women's own experiences. It analyzes prostitution as a form of work, examines the contracts that governed relationships among patrons, mistresses, and madams, and explores the roles played by money, gifts, and—on occasion—love in making and breaking the bonds between women and men. The book explores elite prostitution not only as a form of labor and as a kind of business but also as a chapter in the history of emotions, marriage, and the family.Less
This book reveals the complex world of elite prostitution in eighteenth-century Paris—the demimonde—by focusing on the professional mistresses who dominated it. These damesentretenues exchanged sex, company, and sometimes even love for being “kept.” Most of these women entered the profession unwillingly, either because they were desperate and could find no other means of support or because they were sold by family members to brothels or to particular men. A small but significant percentage of kept women, however, came from a theater subculture that actively supported elite prostitution. The book shows that in its business conventions, its moral codes, and even its sexual practices the demimonde was an integral part of contemporary Parisian culture. The book's primary sources include thousands of folio pages of dossiers and other documents generated by the Paris police as they tracked the lives and careers of professional mistresses. Rather than reduce the history of sex work to the history of its regulation, the book interprets materials in a way that unlocks these women's own experiences. It analyzes prostitution as a form of work, examines the contracts that governed relationships among patrons, mistresses, and madams, and explores the roles played by money, gifts, and—on occasion—love in making and breaking the bonds between women and men. The book explores elite prostitution not only as a form of labor and as a kind of business but also as a chapter in the history of emotions, marriage, and the family.
Sarah Jane Blithe, Anna Wiederhold Wolfe, and Breanna Mohr
- Published in print:
- 2019
- Published Online:
- September 2019
- ISBN:
- 9781479859290
- eISBN:
- 9781479875597
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- NYU Press
- DOI:
- 10.18574/nyu/9781479859290.001.0001
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Media Studies
Wrapped in moral judgments about sexual conduct and shrouded in titillating intrigue, legal prostitutes in Nevada’s brothels frequently face oppression and unfair labor practices while managing ...
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Wrapped in moral judgments about sexual conduct and shrouded in titillating intrigue, legal prostitutes in Nevada’s brothels frequently face oppression and unfair labor practices while managing stigma and isolation associated with their occupational identities. Rooted in organizational communication and feminist theories, this book engages with stories of women living and working in these “hidden” organizations to interrogate issues related to labor rights, stigma, secrecy, privacy, and discrimination in the current legal brothel system. Widespread beliefs about the immorality of selling sexual services have influenced the history and laws of legal brothel prostitution. Moral judgments about legal prostitutes are so pervasive that many women struggle to engage in their communities, conduct business, maintain personal relationships, and transition out of the industry. At the same time, legal brothels operate like other kinds of legal entities, and individuals must contend with balancing work and nonwork commitments, organizational cultures, and managerial relationships. Although legal prostitutes are independent contractors, they often live in their workplaces and must adhere to scheduling requirements, mundane job tasks, and emotional labor, like employees in other organizational settings. Ethnographic observations in the brothels and interviews with current and ex-brothel workers, brothel owners, madams, local police, lobbyists, and others provide a broad data set for analysis. The book includes a photo-elicitation project, featuring images captured by legal prostitutes about their lives in the brothels. Thorough archival research fills in gaps left from inconsistencies, illegal practices, and laws about brothel prostitution. In addition, the third author works as a legal prostitute, providing a deep (and deeply personal) autoethnographic insider look at the industry. As such, this book serves as both an updated resource about the laws and policies which guide legal prostitution in Nevada, and an intimate look at life and decision-making for women performing sex work.Less
Wrapped in moral judgments about sexual conduct and shrouded in titillating intrigue, legal prostitutes in Nevada’s brothels frequently face oppression and unfair labor practices while managing stigma and isolation associated with their occupational identities. Rooted in organizational communication and feminist theories, this book engages with stories of women living and working in these “hidden” organizations to interrogate issues related to labor rights, stigma, secrecy, privacy, and discrimination in the current legal brothel system. Widespread beliefs about the immorality of selling sexual services have influenced the history and laws of legal brothel prostitution. Moral judgments about legal prostitutes are so pervasive that many women struggle to engage in their communities, conduct business, maintain personal relationships, and transition out of the industry. At the same time, legal brothels operate like other kinds of legal entities, and individuals must contend with balancing work and nonwork commitments, organizational cultures, and managerial relationships. Although legal prostitutes are independent contractors, they often live in their workplaces and must adhere to scheduling requirements, mundane job tasks, and emotional labor, like employees in other organizational settings. Ethnographic observations in the brothels and interviews with current and ex-brothel workers, brothel owners, madams, local police, lobbyists, and others provide a broad data set for analysis. The book includes a photo-elicitation project, featuring images captured by legal prostitutes about their lives in the brothels. Thorough archival research fills in gaps left from inconsistencies, illegal practices, and laws about brothel prostitution. In addition, the third author works as a legal prostitute, providing a deep (and deeply personal) autoethnographic insider look at the industry. As such, this book serves as both an updated resource about the laws and policies which guide legal prostitution in Nevada, and an intimate look at life and decision-making for women performing sex work.
Louise Settle
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- September 2017
- ISBN:
- 9781474400008
- eISBN:
- 9781474422543
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Edinburgh University Press
- DOI:
- 10.3366/edinburgh/9781474400008.001.0001
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Scottish Studies
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 ...
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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 worked together to establish a more ‘penal-welfare’ approach towards regulating prostitution in Scotland. By mapping the geography of prostitution, the book argues that prostitution was not necessarily 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.Less
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 worked together to establish a more ‘penal-welfare’ approach towards regulating prostitution in Scotland. By mapping the geography of prostitution, the book argues that prostitution was not necessarily 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.
Ko-lin Chin and James O. Finckenauer
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- March 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780814772577
- eISBN:
- 9780814769683
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- NYU Press
- DOI:
- 10.18574/nyu/9780814772577.001.0001
- Subject:
- Sociology, Law, Crime and Deviance
Every year, thousands of Chinese women travel to Asia and the United States in order to engage in commercial sex work. This book challenges the current sex trafficking paradigm that considers all sex ...
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Every year, thousands of Chinese women travel to Asia and the United States in order to engage in commercial sex work. This book challenges the current sex trafficking paradigm that considers all sex workers as victims, or sexual slaves, and as unwilling participants in the world of commercial sex. Bringing to life an on-the-ground portrait of this usually hidden world, the book provides a detailed look at all of its participants: sex workers, pimps, agents, mommies, escort agency owners, brothel owners, and drivers. Ultimately, it probes the social, economic, and political organization of prostitution and sex trafficking, contradicting many of the “moral crusaders” of the human trafficking world.Less
Every year, thousands of Chinese women travel to Asia and the United States in order to engage in commercial sex work. This book challenges the current sex trafficking paradigm that considers all sex workers as victims, or sexual slaves, and as unwilling participants in the world of commercial sex. Bringing to life an on-the-ground portrait of this usually hidden world, the book provides a detailed look at all of its participants: sex workers, pimps, agents, mommies, escort agency owners, brothel owners, and drivers. Ultimately, it probes the social, economic, and political organization of prostitution and sex trafficking, contradicting many of the “moral crusaders” of the human trafficking world.
Rebecca Yamin and Donna J. Seifert
- Published in print:
- 2019
- Published Online:
- January 2020
- ISBN:
- 9780813056456
- eISBN:
- 9780813058252
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University Press of Florida
- DOI:
- 10.5744/florida/9780813056456.001.0001
- Subject:
- Archaeology, Historical Archaeology
The archaeological study of prostitution in nineteenth-century American contexts grew out of the discovery of brothels in the 1990s during large urban projects done in compliance with the National ...
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The archaeological study of prostitution in nineteenth-century American contexts grew out of the discovery of brothels in the 1990s during large urban projects done in compliance with the National Historic Preservation Act. This book provides an overview of many of those projects as well as detailed discussions of a brothel found at Five Points in New York City and several parlor houses found in Washington, D.C. The large artifact assemblages recovered in combination with detailed primary and secondary historical research have produced a complex picture of commercial sex, which the book discusses in both nineteenth-century and twenty-first century perspectives. Agency theory is used to link the practice of prostitution with other forms of clandestine behavior that have come to light through archaeology. Issues of gender, class, and race run through the archaeological study of clandestine behavior, which includes acts of resistance in public—from drinking on the job to piracy—and acts in private—from hiding caches of artifacts in vulnerable places to scratching inscrutable designs on ceramic pots. The book ends with questions that touch on the age-old conundrum of passing judgment. Should prostitution be decriminalized? Should the efficacy of spiritual practices be questioned? The value of anomalous artifacts and their interpretation is stressed as crucial to recognizing brothels and evidence of clandestine pursuits.Less
The archaeological study of prostitution in nineteenth-century American contexts grew out of the discovery of brothels in the 1990s during large urban projects done in compliance with the National Historic Preservation Act. This book provides an overview of many of those projects as well as detailed discussions of a brothel found at Five Points in New York City and several parlor houses found in Washington, D.C. The large artifact assemblages recovered in combination with detailed primary and secondary historical research have produced a complex picture of commercial sex, which the book discusses in both nineteenth-century and twenty-first century perspectives. Agency theory is used to link the practice of prostitution with other forms of clandestine behavior that have come to light through archaeology. Issues of gender, class, and race run through the archaeological study of clandestine behavior, which includes acts of resistance in public—from drinking on the job to piracy—and acts in private—from hiding caches of artifacts in vulnerable places to scratching inscrutable designs on ceramic pots. The book ends with questions that touch on the age-old conundrum of passing judgment. Should prostitution be decriminalized? Should the efficacy of spiritual practices be questioned? The value of anomalous artifacts and their interpretation is stressed as crucial to recognizing brothels and evidence of clandestine pursuits.
Emma Major
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- January 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780199699377
- eISBN:
- 9780191738029
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199699377.003.0005
- Subject:
- Literature, 18th-century Literature, Women's Literature
This chapter focuses on debates in the 1760s about Methodism and the Church of England. Although Methodism was still officially part of the Church until 1795, many Anglicans felt unhappy with the ...
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This chapter focuses on debates in the 1760s about Methodism and the Church of England. Although Methodism was still officially part of the Church until 1795, many Anglicans felt unhappy with the religious enthusiasm and physicality associated with Methodist worship. Women became important in helping the Church define itself against Methodism, and appeared extensively in anti-Methodist satire of the period. These debates highlighted ways in which Anglican women were members of a public, established Church, and Anglican women’s duties were described as public in opposition to the privacy and melancholia of Methodist worship. The chapter looks at anti-Methodist prints by Hogarth alongside anti-Methodist plays by Samuel Foote and others; here, drawing on old anti-Roman Catholic satire, Methodist women are caricatured as nuns and prostitutes. The actual female communities established by the Countess of Huntingdon and Sarah Scott are then explored in relation to Scott’s fiction and correspondence.Less
This chapter focuses on debates in the 1760s about Methodism and the Church of England. Although Methodism was still officially part of the Church until 1795, many Anglicans felt unhappy with the religious enthusiasm and physicality associated with Methodist worship. Women became important in helping the Church define itself against Methodism, and appeared extensively in anti-Methodist satire of the period. These debates highlighted ways in which Anglican women were members of a public, established Church, and Anglican women’s duties were described as public in opposition to the privacy and melancholia of Methodist worship. The chapter looks at anti-Methodist prints by Hogarth alongside anti-Methodist plays by Samuel Foote and others; here, drawing on old anti-Roman Catholic satire, Methodist women are caricatured as nuns and prostitutes. The actual female communities established by the Countess of Huntingdon and Sarah Scott are then explored in relation to Scott’s fiction and correspondence.
Elaine Mossman
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9781847423344
- eISBN:
- 9781447303664
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781847423344.003.0008
- Subject:
- Social Work, Crime and Justice
This chapter is based on the Victoria University of Wellington research project that was commissioned by the Ministry of Justice. The research was commissioned to assist the Prostitution Law Review ...
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This chapter is based on the Victoria University of Wellington research project that was commissioned by the Ministry of Justice. The research was commissioned to assist the Prostitution Law Review Committee in its review of the 2003 Prostitution Reform Act (PRA). It examined the perspectives on the PRA of those who had been able to observe firsthand the impact of the Act on sex workers and the sex industry. The project involved interviewing the brothel owners and operators, and the non-government organisations that were active in providing support, advocacy, education, and health services to sex workers. Interviews with these groups ascertained their level of support for the PRA prior to and after its implementation. In the chapter, the views of the brothel operators and support agencies on the effectiveness of the PRA in meeting its stated objective are noted. The project examined the provisions of the PRA on: wealth; health and safety; conditions of employment; system of certification; assistance to those leaving the industry; persons under 18 years of age; and territorial authorities. While there are exceptions, the overall view was that the sex industry was satisfied with the provisions of the PRA. Those in brothel operations and support agencies felt that with time and increased monitoring and enforcement of its provisions, the positive intentions behind the PRA could be more fully realised.Less
This chapter is based on the Victoria University of Wellington research project that was commissioned by the Ministry of Justice. The research was commissioned to assist the Prostitution Law Review Committee in its review of the 2003 Prostitution Reform Act (PRA). It examined the perspectives on the PRA of those who had been able to observe firsthand the impact of the Act on sex workers and the sex industry. The project involved interviewing the brothel owners and operators, and the non-government organisations that were active in providing support, advocacy, education, and health services to sex workers. Interviews with these groups ascertained their level of support for the PRA prior to and after its implementation. In the chapter, the views of the brothel operators and support agencies on the effectiveness of the PRA in meeting its stated objective are noted. The project examined the provisions of the PRA on: wealth; health and safety; conditions of employment; system of certification; assistance to those leaving the industry; persons under 18 years of age; and territorial authorities. While there are exceptions, the overall view was that the sex industry was satisfied with the provisions of the PRA. Those in brothel operations and support agencies felt that with time and increased monitoring and enforcement of its provisions, the positive intentions behind the PRA could be more fully realised.
Stefan Petrow
- Published in print:
- 1994
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198201656
- eISBN:
- 9780191674976
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198201656.003.0007
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Modern History
This chapter discusses the different forms of businesses that were condoning and encouraging the crimes and immorality and vices during the Victorian era. In this chapter the business of brothels, ...
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This chapter discusses the different forms of businesses that were condoning and encouraging the crimes and immorality and vices during the Victorian era. In this chapter the business of brothels, lodging, and motels are discussed as well as the business of white slavery within the parameters set by morality and puritanical views and within the boundaries set by laws and legislative acts.Less
This chapter discusses the different forms of businesses that were condoning and encouraging the crimes and immorality and vices during the Victorian era. In this chapter the business of brothels, lodging, and motels are discussed as well as the business of white slavery within the parameters set by morality and puritanical views and within the boundaries set by laws and legislative acts.
Vũ Trọng Phụng
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- November 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780824834678
- eISBN:
- 9780824871642
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Hawai'i Press
- DOI:
- 10.21313/hawaii/9780824834678.003.0001
- Subject:
- History, Asian History
This chapter discusses two camps that deal with the prostitution question. The “regulationist” camp wants to strictly deal with prostitution by putting the brothel trade under legal regulation. This ...
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This chapter discusses two camps that deal with the prostitution question. The “regulationist” camp wants to strictly deal with prostitution by putting the brothel trade under legal regulation. This group takes the position that prostitution gives rise to the venereal disease problem, and as the venereal disease problem is a catastrophe for all of society, it is therefore essential to create laws to regulate it in the hopes that regulation will lessen its ill effects on the race. On the other hand, the “abolitionist” camp wants to eliminate all laws regulating the trade—which is to say liberate prostitution—so that it can be conducted completely freely. This group takes the position that freedom of the individual takes precedence over everything and accepts the proposition that “all sexual acts, even in the form of prostitution, are above all the exercise of the right that everyone has to use or abuse his person.”Less
This chapter discusses two camps that deal with the prostitution question. The “regulationist” camp wants to strictly deal with prostitution by putting the brothel trade under legal regulation. This group takes the position that prostitution gives rise to the venereal disease problem, and as the venereal disease problem is a catastrophe for all of society, it is therefore essential to create laws to regulate it in the hopes that regulation will lessen its ill effects on the race. On the other hand, the “abolitionist” camp wants to eliminate all laws regulating the trade—which is to say liberate prostitution—so that it can be conducted completely freely. This group takes the position that freedom of the individual takes precedence over everything and accepts the proposition that “all sexual acts, even in the form of prostitution, are above all the exercise of the right that everyone has to use or abuse his person.”
Vũ Trọng Phụng
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- November 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780824834678
- eISBN:
- 9780824871642
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Hawai'i Press
- DOI:
- 10.21313/hawaii/9780824834678.003.0004
- Subject:
- History, Asian History
This chapter argues that completely eliminating prostitution would be very dangerous. Indeed, the position of the legislators has not exclusively been to eliminate prostitution's most devastating ...
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This chapter argues that completely eliminating prostitution would be very dangerous. Indeed, the position of the legislators has not exclusively been to eliminate prostitution's most devastating consequences, but primarily to maintain it at a reasonable level because they feared that to wipe it out completely would produce even more dangerous and fearful consequences, so it was best to let it naturally persist. If prostitution were to be completely eliminated, young brothel women would fall into an embarrassing situation when they try to find a new occupation. Moreover, owners of seedy hotels and hotel boys would become unemployed, and this would lead to theft and burglary.Less
This chapter argues that completely eliminating prostitution would be very dangerous. Indeed, the position of the legislators has not exclusively been to eliminate prostitution's most devastating consequences, but primarily to maintain it at a reasonable level because they feared that to wipe it out completely would produce even more dangerous and fearful consequences, so it was best to let it naturally persist. If prostitution were to be completely eliminated, young brothel women would fall into an embarrassing situation when they try to find a new occupation. Moreover, owners of seedy hotels and hotel boys would become unemployed, and this would lead to theft and burglary.
Lotte van de Pol
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- May 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780199211401
- eISBN:
- 9780191725142
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199211401.003.0002
- Subject:
- History, European Modern History
This chapter characterizes Amsterdam prostitution and its organisation, and tracks the changes that took place over the 17th and 18th centuries, often in reaction to government policies. Prostitutes ...
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This chapter characterizes Amsterdam prostitution and its organisation, and tracks the changes that took place over the 17th and 18th centuries, often in reaction to government policies. Prostitutes usually lived in and operated from small whorehouses; a minority were streetwalkers. ‘Procuring’ was considered women's work; pimps were few and male brothel keepers as a rule had female partners. With the introduction of street lighting in 1668, a lively nightlife emerged, in which music and dancing were important. Music houses (taverns with live music and dancing where whores picked up clients) multiplied and became tourist attractions; their history of expansion, suppression and re-emergence is traced here. At the end of the 18th century, large, capital intensive and male dominated music houses abounded where violence was common. The elite shied away from the once popular music houses.Less
This chapter characterizes Amsterdam prostitution and its organisation, and tracks the changes that took place over the 17th and 18th centuries, often in reaction to government policies. Prostitutes usually lived in and operated from small whorehouses; a minority were streetwalkers. ‘Procuring’ was considered women's work; pimps were few and male brothel keepers as a rule had female partners. With the introduction of street lighting in 1668, a lively nightlife emerged, in which music and dancing were important. Music houses (taverns with live music and dancing where whores picked up clients) multiplied and became tourist attractions; their history of expansion, suppression and re-emergence is traced here. At the end of the 18th century, large, capital intensive and male dominated music houses abounded where violence was common. The elite shied away from the once popular music houses.
Rebecca Yamin and Donna J. Seifert
- Published in print:
- 2019
- Published Online:
- January 2020
- ISBN:
- 9780813056456
- eISBN:
- 9780813058252
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Florida
- DOI:
- 10.5744/florida/9780813056456.003.0002
- Subject:
- Archaeology, Historical Archaeology
The classic study of prostitution in cities by Dr. William Sanger is reviewed, along with Christine Stansell’s study of working women and the sale of sex in New York City. Classes of brothels and the ...
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The classic study of prostitution in cities by Dr. William Sanger is reviewed, along with Christine Stansell’s study of working women and the sale of sex in New York City. Classes of brothels and the reasons for prostitution in cities are reviewed. The discussion moves to reviewing the archaeology of brothels and considering how lives, experiences, and performance of prostitutes are reflected by artifacts.Less
The classic study of prostitution in cities by Dr. William Sanger is reviewed, along with Christine Stansell’s study of working women and the sale of sex in New York City. Classes of brothels and the reasons for prostitution in cities are reviewed. The discussion moves to reviewing the archaeology of brothels and considering how lives, experiences, and performance of prostitutes are reflected by artifacts.
Hans Herter and Linwood DeLong
- Published in print:
- 2003
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780748613199
- eISBN:
- 9780748651016
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Edinburgh University Press
- DOI:
- 10.3366/edinburgh/9780748613199.003.0004
- Subject:
- Classical Studies, European History: BCE to 500CE
This chapter examines the attitude of Christianity toward prostitution compared with the way that prostitution was regarded in secular antiquity. Prostitutes belonged chiefly, if not exclusively, to ...
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This chapter examines the attitude of Christianity toward prostitution compared with the way that prostitution was regarded in secular antiquity. Prostitutes belonged chiefly, if not exclusively, to urban centers, but they often came from outside the cities and moved to other places of residence. Naturally, prostitutes were primarily attracted to large centres of population and activity, and in Greece the primary centres were Athens and Corinth. The actual whorehouses generally belonged to pimps, sometimes madams, who are also mentioned in Christian writings and in legal codes. The Christian women, professed widows and virgins, who lived with men often acquired the reputation of being prostitutes. The chapter discusses the sociology of prostitution in antiquity in the context of pagan and Christian writings, looking at the careers and origins of prostitutes as well as their economic situation, physical appearance, brothels and places of activity, artes meretriciae (tricks of the prostitute) and legal status. It also considers the measures introduced by the Christian Church to protect those who had been forced into prostitution.Less
This chapter examines the attitude of Christianity toward prostitution compared with the way that prostitution was regarded in secular antiquity. Prostitutes belonged chiefly, if not exclusively, to urban centers, but they often came from outside the cities and moved to other places of residence. Naturally, prostitutes were primarily attracted to large centres of population and activity, and in Greece the primary centres were Athens and Corinth. The actual whorehouses generally belonged to pimps, sometimes madams, who are also mentioned in Christian writings and in legal codes. The Christian women, professed widows and virgins, who lived with men often acquired the reputation of being prostitutes. The chapter discusses the sociology of prostitution in antiquity in the context of pagan and Christian writings, looking at the careers and origins of prostitutes as well as their economic situation, physical appearance, brothels and places of activity, artes meretriciae (tricks of the prostitute) and legal status. It also considers the measures introduced by the Christian Church to protect those who had been forced into prostitution.
Nancy M. Wingfield
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- July 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780198801658
- eISBN:
- 9780191840296
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/oso/9780198801658.001.0001
- Subject:
- History, European Modern History, Cultural History
This book encompasses the world of prostitution in late imperial Austria. It addresses female agency and experience, contemporary fears about sexual coercion and the forced movement of girls and ...
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This book encompasses the world of prostitution in late imperial Austria. It addresses female agency and experience, contemporary fears about sexual coercion and the forced movement of girls and women, and police surveillance. Prostitution is analyzed at three different, but interlinked levels: subjectivity, society, and state. Rather than treating prostitutes solely as victims or problems to be solved, in contrast to much of the historical literature, it seeks to find the historical subjects behind fin-de-siècle constructions of prostitutes, to restore agency to the women who participated in various kinds of commercial sex, illuminate their everyday experiences, and place these women, some of whom made the reasoned economic decision to sell their bodies, in a larger social context. It investigates their interactions with the police and other supervisory agents, as well as with other inhabitants of their world, rather than focusing on the state-constructed apparatus of surveillance from the top down. Many Austrian prostitutes came from artisan and working-class, often impoverished backgrounds. They faced a complicated array of constraints that shaped the environment in which they made decisions, including lack of other economic opportunities, of education, of legal equality with men as well as legal dependence on their fathers and husbands. Despite entrenched beliefs about female sexuality and the “fallen” woman, prostitution, clandestine or regulated, was a viable choice for some women of limited economic circumstances when faced with the alternatives: low-paid, often dangerous employment in a factory, in a night café or inn, or as a servant.Less
This book encompasses the world of prostitution in late imperial Austria. It addresses female agency and experience, contemporary fears about sexual coercion and the forced movement of girls and women, and police surveillance. Prostitution is analyzed at three different, but interlinked levels: subjectivity, society, and state. Rather than treating prostitutes solely as victims or problems to be solved, in contrast to much of the historical literature, it seeks to find the historical subjects behind fin-de-siècle constructions of prostitutes, to restore agency to the women who participated in various kinds of commercial sex, illuminate their everyday experiences, and place these women, some of whom made the reasoned economic decision to sell their bodies, in a larger social context. It investigates their interactions with the police and other supervisory agents, as well as with other inhabitants of their world, rather than focusing on the state-constructed apparatus of surveillance from the top down. Many Austrian prostitutes came from artisan and working-class, often impoverished backgrounds. They faced a complicated array of constraints that shaped the environment in which they made decisions, including lack of other economic opportunities, of education, of legal equality with men as well as legal dependence on their fathers and husbands. Despite entrenched beliefs about female sexuality and the “fallen” woman, prostitution, clandestine or regulated, was a viable choice for some women of limited economic circumstances when faced with the alternatives: low-paid, often dangerous employment in a factory, in a night café or inn, or as a servant.
Cheryl Brunton
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9781847423344
- eISBN:
- 9781447303664
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781847423344.003.0011
- Subject:
- Social Work, Crime and Justice
The passage of the Prostitution Reform Act (PRA) in 2003 brought with it new and unexpected responsibilities for the public-health authorities, particularly the Medical Officers of Health. The ...
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The passage of the Prostitution Reform Act (PRA) in 2003 brought with it new and unexpected responsibilities for the public-health authorities, particularly the Medical Officers of Health. The architects of the legislation saw public health as an important consideration in the regulatory reform of the sex industry. Within this context, the Medical Officers of Health were made inspectors of brothels. By making them inspectors of the sex industry, the Officers were given the power to appoint inspectors as well as submit proposed bylaws under the PRA to the local authorities. This chapter begins by tracing the statutory roles of Medical Officers of Health under the PRA. It examines the early responses of public-health authorities to the idea of implementing the legislation. Focus is particularly given to the views of Medical Officers of Health and other public- and occupational-health workers on their roles under the Act and their experience of its implementation. Included also are the several approaches undertaken by the public-health services in implementing the legislation, plus the approaches to complaints and interactions with other agencies. The latter section of the chapter focuses on and analyses the content of public-health submissions on proposed bylaws under the PRA. It also discusses the effect of these submissions on subsequent bylaws.Less
The passage of the Prostitution Reform Act (PRA) in 2003 brought with it new and unexpected responsibilities for the public-health authorities, particularly the Medical Officers of Health. The architects of the legislation saw public health as an important consideration in the regulatory reform of the sex industry. Within this context, the Medical Officers of Health were made inspectors of brothels. By making them inspectors of the sex industry, the Officers were given the power to appoint inspectors as well as submit proposed bylaws under the PRA to the local authorities. This chapter begins by tracing the statutory roles of Medical Officers of Health under the PRA. It examines the early responses of public-health authorities to the idea of implementing the legislation. Focus is particularly given to the views of Medical Officers of Health and other public- and occupational-health workers on their roles under the Act and their experience of its implementation. Included also are the several approaches undertaken by the public-health services in implementing the legislation, plus the approaches to complaints and interactions with other agencies. The latter section of the chapter focuses on and analyses the content of public-health submissions on proposed bylaws under the PRA. It also discusses the effect of these submissions on subsequent bylaws.
Greg Winston
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780813034027
- eISBN:
- 9780813038162
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Florida
- DOI:
- 10.5744/florida/9780813034027.003.0007
- Subject:
- Literature, 20th-century Literature and Modernism
This chapter explores a cluster of essential but peripheral female figures in James Joyce's novel Ulysses: the streetwalkers. Its detailed investigation of the trade of prostitution in ...
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This chapter explores a cluster of essential but peripheral female figures in James Joyce's novel Ulysses: the streetwalkers. Its detailed investigation of the trade of prostitution in turn-of-the-century Ireland uncovers its peculiar historical dimensions. It shows that imperialism, militarism, and the sex trade were inextricably connected, a fact that was mirrored in the very geography of Dublin, where barracks and brothels tended to be situated in adjacent districts. In Joyce's writings, the chapter argues, the figure of the prostitute is deployed not only to expose the symbiosis of militarism and female sexual labor and the exploitative effects of imperialism but also to undercut the moral pretensions of Irish nativist philosophy, which condemned the sexual diseases spread by prostitution as a foreign import and refused to acknowledge the all-pervasive importance of sexuality and desire in the human constitution.Less
This chapter explores a cluster of essential but peripheral female figures in James Joyce's novel Ulysses: the streetwalkers. Its detailed investigation of the trade of prostitution in turn-of-the-century Ireland uncovers its peculiar historical dimensions. It shows that imperialism, militarism, and the sex trade were inextricably connected, a fact that was mirrored in the very geography of Dublin, where barracks and brothels tended to be situated in adjacent districts. In Joyce's writings, the chapter argues, the figure of the prostitute is deployed not only to expose the symbiosis of militarism and female sexual labor and the exploitative effects of imperialism but also to undercut the moral pretensions of Irish nativist philosophy, which condemned the sexual diseases spread by prostitution as a foreign import and refused to acknowledge the all-pervasive importance of sexuality and desire in the human constitution.
