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Regulating Sexuality: Women in Twentieth-century Northern Ireland
Leanne McCormick
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Description for Regulating Sexuality: Women in Twentieth-century Northern Ireland
Paperback. An examination of the attempts to regulate female sexuality in 20th-century Northern Ireland, from the 1900s to the 1960s. It explores a range of women's experiences from those involved in prostitution and suspected of having VD, to the anxieties generated by the behaviour of girls and young women on the arrival of US troops during the WWII. Num Pages: 264 pages, Illustrations, black & white|Tables. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB; JHBK5. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 217 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
This is a groundbreaking examination of the attempts to regulate female sexuality in twentieth-century Northern Ireland, which opens up new and exciting areas of a previously neglected history. A wide-ranging study, it explores the sexual experiences of women in the context of the distinctive religious, political and social circumstances of Northern Ireland during the twentieth century. The commonality of attitudes of the Catholic Churches toward the control of female sexuality is revealed, along with the similarity of views concerning female behaviour. While the ways in which various authorities tried to control female behaviour are ... Read more
This is a groundbreaking examination of the attempts to regulate female sexuality in twentieth-century Northern Ireland, which opens up new and exciting areas of a previously neglected history. A wide-ranging study, it explores the sexual experiences of women in the context of the distinctive religious, political and social circumstances of Northern Ireland during the twentieth century. The commonality of attitudes of the Catholic Churches toward the control of female sexuality is revealed, along with the similarity of views concerning female behaviour. While the ways in which various authorities tried to control female behaviour are ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Weight
318g
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780719085109
SKU
V9780719085109
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About Leanne McCormick
Leanne McCormick is a Research Associate at the Centre for the History of Medicine in Ireland, University of Ulster. -- .
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a groundbreaking examination of the attempts to control female sexuality from the 1900s to the 1960s.'
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