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City of dreadful delight : narratives of sexual danger in late-Victorian London /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Walkowitz, Judith R. (Author)
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 1992.
Series:Women in culture and society.
Subjects:
Jack, > the Ripper.
Sex crimes > England > London > History > 19th century.
Popular culture > England > History > 19th century.
Sex role > England > History > 19th century.
Feminism > England > History > 19th century.
Prostitution > England > London > History > 19th century.
England > Moral conditions.
Sex Work > history.
Sex Offenses > history.
Feminism > history.
Social Environment > history.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Urban spectatorship
  • Contested terrain : new social actors
  • "The Maiden Tribute of Modern Babylon"
  • "The Maiden Tribute" : cultural consequences
  • The Men and Women's Club
  • Science and the séance : transgressions of gender and genre
  • Jack the Ripper
  • Epilogue : The Yorkshire Ripper.