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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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Chapel Hill :
University of North Carolina Press
c 2006.
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| Edition: | 1st ed |
| Series: | Gender & American culture.
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798132906719 |
| Summary: | 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 |
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| Item Description: | 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. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (342 p.) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-314) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9798890871794 9780807877074 |
