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Prostitution in Twentieth-Century Europe
This book places prostitution at the very centre of European history in the twentieth century. It encourages comparative perspectives, which have the potential to question, deconstruct and re-adjust distinctions between western, eastern, northern and southern European historical experiences.
| Author(s) | Edited by Sonja Dolinsek (Universitat Paderborn, Germany), Siobhan Hearne (University of Manchester, UK). |
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| Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format | Hardback |
| Pages | 245 |
| Published in | United Kingdom |
| Published | 8 May 2023 |
| Availability | POD |
This book places prostitution at the very centre of European history in the twentieth century. It encourages comparative perspectives, which have the potential to question, deconstruct and re-adjust distinctions between western, eastern, northern and southern European historical experiences.
Introduction: Prostitution in twentieth century Europe 1. Prostitution as non-labour leading to forced labour: Vagrancy and Gender in Sweden and Stockholm, 1919-1939 2. Police and prostitution in Yugoslavia: a nuanced relationship 3. Why we need a history
Sonja Dolinsek has worked on a doctoral project on the transnational history of anti-trafficking and the politics of prostitution after 1945 with a focus on Germany, France, the United Kingdom and USA. She works at the Department of Media Studies at Pader
