Prostitution and Irish Society, 1800-1940

Häftad, Engelska, 2007

AvMaria Luddy

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This is the first book to tackle the controversial history of prostitution in Ireland in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Maria Luddy uncovers the extent of prostitution in the country, how Irish women came to work as prostitutes, their living conditions and their treatment by society. She links discussions of prostitution to the Irish nationalist and suffrage movements of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, analysing the ways in which Irish nationalism used the problems of prostitution and venereal disease to argue for the withdrawal of the British from Ireland. She also investigates the contentious history of Magdalen asylums and explores how the infamous red-light district of Dublin's 'Monto' was finally suppressed through the actions of the Legion of Mary in the 1920s. Revealing complex social and religious attitudes towards prostitution in Irish society, this book opens up a new world in Ireland's social and political history.

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Utgivningsdatum2007-12-13
Mått152 x 229 x 19 mm
Vikt490 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor368
FörlagCambridge University Press
ISBN9780521709057

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Introduction; 1. 'Frowsy, Shameless Women': an overview of prostitution in Ireland in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries; 2. 'Looking for my Living': women, community and prostitution in Ireland; 3. 'Behaved very ill': rescue work and Magdalen asylums in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries; 4. 'The Black Plague': venereal disease in nineteenth century Ireland; 5. 'Soldiers' Totty': nationalists, suffragists and the surveillance of women, 1900-1922; 6. 'Hopeless cases': prostitution and sexual danger in the Irish Free State, 1922-1940; Conclusion.

'This is not only a meticulously researched chronicle of prostitution in Ireland, it is also an investigation into the relationship between prostitution and the kind of society Ireland was and is … Impressive in its scope, Prostitution and Irish Society 1800–1940 provides a comprehensive history of the workhouse system, the 'rescue' work associated with the Magdalen, convent and lay asylums, as well as the ways in which prostitutes, often (mis)represented as passive victims, used the legal system to secure justice for themselves.' The Irish Times