Love for sale courting, treating, and prostitution in New York City, 1900-1945

The intense urbanization and industrialization of America's largest city from the turn of the twentieth century to World War II was accompanied by profound shifts in sexual morality, sexual practices, and gender roles. Comparing prostitution and courtship with a new working-class practice of he...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Clement, Elizabeth Alice (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press c 2006.
Edición:1st ed
Colección:Gender & American culture.
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Sumario:The intense urbanization and industrialization of America's largest city from the turn of the twentieth century to World War II was accompanied by profound shifts in sexual morality, sexual practices, and gender roles. Comparing prostitution and courtship with a new working-class practice of heterosexual barter called ""treating,"" Elizabeth Alice Clement examines changes in sexual morality and sexual and economic practices.Women ""treated"" when they exchanged sexual favors for dinner and an evening's entertainment or, more tangibly, for stockings, shoes, and other material goods. The
Notas:Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Univ. of Pennsylvania, 1998, under the title: Trick or treat: prostitution and working-class women's sexuality in New York City, 1900-1932.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (342 p.)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-314) and index.
ISBN:9798890871794
9780807877074