Policing Public Women : The Regulation of Prostitution in Stockholm 1812-1880

Policing Public Women : The Regulation of Prostitution in Stockholm 1812-1880

This dissertation studies the development of a regulation of prostitution in Stockholm during the period 1812-1880. The development of the regulation system is seen in the light of an analytical framework, developed from Carole Pateman's ideas on the sexual contract, and a feministic critique a...

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Main Author: Svanström, Yvonne
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: Stockholms universitet, Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen 2000
Subjects:
prostitution
Stockholm
public women
sexual contract
feminist theory
public space
public sphere
urbanity
medical profession
venereal disease
the police force
municipal authority
brothels
Carole Pateman
Jürgen Habermas
Economic history
Ekonomisk historia
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