Leanne McCormick

Regulating sexuality

Women in twentieth-century Northern Ireland

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Januar 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 318g
• ISBN-13: 9780719085109
• ISBN-10: 0719085101
• Artikelnr.: 33126332

Autorenporträt

Leanne McCormick is a Research Associate at the Centre for the History of Medicine in Ireland, University of Ulster.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements List of figures Note on terminology Introduction 1. 'Dirty
girls and bad houses': prostitutes and prostitution 2. 'Angels who have
lost their way': the work of rescue and reform homes 3. 'Modesty is the
sister of virtue': moral prevention work with girls 4. 'People should keep
a grip on themselves': treatment and prevention of VD 5. 'One Yank and
they're off': interaction between US troops and Northern Irish women 6.
'Confused with prejudice and muddled thinking': preventing pregnancy
Conclusion Index