The Prostitute’s Body Rewriting Prostitution in Victorian Britain
- By
- Nina Attwood
- Published: 6 Oct 2015
- DOI: 10.4324/9781315656168
- Print ISBN: 9781848930063
- eBook ISBN: 9781315656168
Contents
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Front Matter
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Introduction: ‘The Great Social Evil’ – Representing the Victorian Prostitute
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1White-Washed Sepulchres and Wives of Englishmen: William Acton’s Representation of English Prostitutes
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2From ‘Masses of Rottenness’ to the ‘Queen’s Women’: The Report of the Royal Commission (1871)
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3Mothers, Sisters and Shameless Women: Josephine Butler and the Victorian Prostitute
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4Mercy and Grace: Wilkie Collins and the New Magdalen
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5My Secret Life and the Pornographic Representation of Prostitution
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Conclusion: Countering the Myth
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Back Matter