The Sexual Question: A History of Prostitution in Peru, 1850s-1950s
(Book #119 in the Cambridge Latin American Studies Series)
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The creation of Lima's red light district in 1928 marked the culminating achievement of the promoters of regulation who sought to control the spread of venereal disease by medically policing female prostitutes. Its closure in 1956 was arguably the high point of abolitionism, a transnational movement originating in the 1860s that advocated that regulation was not only ineffective from a public health perspective, but also morally wrong. The Sexual...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1108717284
ISBN13:9781108717281
Release Date:April 2020
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:328 Pages
Weight:1.00 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.5" x 8.8"
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