| 書目名稱 | Wolfenden‘s Women | | 副標題 | Prostitution in Post | | 編輯 | Samantha Caslin,Julia Laite | | 視頻video | http://file.papertrans.cn/1031/1030107/1030107.mp4 | | 概述 | Compiles the documents, including the memoranda of evidence and witness testimonies, related to the Wolfenden Committee’s extensive investigations into prostitution.Provides an important corrective to | | 叢書名稱 | Genders and Sexualities in History | | 圖書封面 |  | | 描述 | This critical sourcebook compiles excerpts from the extensive interviews?undertaken by the Wolfenden Committee on the subject of prostitution. The?Committee is remembered, first and foremost, for recommending the?decriminalization of sex between men. However, the other half of its remit—prostitution—has largely been forgotten, despite the fact that prostitution, not?homosexuality, was the original impetus behind the Committee’s appointment. If?we consider the Committee and its Report from this perspective, its status as?both a liberal and permissive endeavour must be called into question.?This book captures the controversy, diversity and complexity of opinions?surrounding prostitution in this period, and provides critical analysis and context.?It restores the question of prostitution to its central place in the history of Britain’s.so-called progressive era and challenges the way that the Report and its legacy?have been characterized. Crucially, this book highlights the substantial evidence?gathered by the Committee on prostitution outside of London, which the?Wolfenden Report itself largely disregarded. The excerpts, the reprinted report,?and the critical introductions to each cha | | 出版日期 | Book 2020 | | 關鍵詞 | Wolfenden Report; Wolfenden Committee; David Maxwell Fyfe; post-war society; sexuality; gender and sexual | | 版次 | 1 | | doi | https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-44022-8 | | isbn_ebook | 978-1-137-44022-8Series ISSN 2730-9479 Series E-ISSN 2730-9487 | | issn_series | 2730-9479 | | copyright | The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2020 |
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