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City of Dreadful Delight: Narratives of Sexual Danger in Late-Victorian London (Women in Culture and Society)
Judith R. Walkowitz
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paperback. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 368 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 37. Weight in Grams: 538.
From tabloid exposes of child prostitution to the grisly tales of Jack the Ripper, narratives of sexual danger pulsated through Victorian London. Expertly blending social history and cultural criticism, Judith Walkowitz shows how these narratives reveal the complex dramas of power, politics, and sexuality that were being played out in late nineteenth-century Britain, and how they influenced the language of politics, journalism, and fiction. Victorian London was a world where long-standing traditions of class and gender were challenged by a range of public spectacles, mass media scandals, new commercial spaces, and a proliferation of new sexual categories and identities. ... Read more
From tabloid exposes of child prostitution to the grisly tales of Jack the Ripper, narratives of sexual danger pulsated through Victorian London. Expertly blending social history and cultural criticism, Judith Walkowitz shows how these narratives reveal the complex dramas of power, politics, and sexuality that were being played out in late nineteenth-century Britain, and how they influenced the language of politics, journalism, and fiction. Victorian London was a world where long-standing traditions of class and gender were challenged by a range of public spectacles, mass media scandals, new commercial spaces, and a proliferation of new sexual categories and identities. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Condition
New
Series
Women in Culture and Society Series
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226871462
SKU
9780226871462
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About Judith R. Walkowitz
Judith R. Walkowitz is professor of history at The Johns Hopkins University. Her research and writing have concentrated on 19th-century political culture and the cultural and social contests over sexuality.
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