Nancy M. Wingfield

The World of Prostitution in Late Imperial Austria

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In this study of prostitution in late imperial Austria, Nancy M. Wingfield brings to light the real women behind contemporary constructions of prostitution, with the aim of restoring their historical agency and placing them in their larger social context.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sydney University Press
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. September 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 156mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 584g
• ISBN-13: 9780198801658
• ISBN-10: 0198801653
• Artikelnr.: 47867862

Autorenporträt

Nancy M. Wingfield received her PhD in history and an Area Studies Certificate for East Central Europe from Columbia University. A specialist on Habsburg Central Europe, she has edited and published a number of books and articles on the topic. Her research has had the support of ACLS, Fulbright, IREX, and the Woodrow Wilson Center, and has been published in Czech, English, and Ukrainian. She is now beginning work on a project on imposters, migration, and trafficking in women.

Inhaltsangabe

* Introduction
* 1: The Riehl Trial
* 2: Reforming Prostitution in Post-Riehl Vienna
* 3: Peripheries: Regulating Prostitution in the Provinces
* 4: Brothel Life: Tolerated Prostitutes, Their Clients, the Madams,
and the Vice Police
* 5: Clandestine Prostitutes: Women of the Streets, Their Pimps, the
Vice Police, and the Public
* 6: The Trafficking Panic in Late Imperial Austria
* 7: Morals and Morale during the Great War
* Epilogue