Modern women on trial: sexual transgression in the age of the flapper

The case of the "cult of the clitoris" : treachery, patriotism and English womanhood -- Butterfly women, "Chinamen", dope fiends and metropolitan allure -- The tribulations of Edith Thompson : sexual incitement as a capital crime -- Mme Fahmy's vindication : orientalism, mis...

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1. Verfasser: Bland, Lucy (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Manchester ; New York Manchester University Press 2013
Ausgabe:First published
Schriftenreihe:Gender in history
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Online-Zugang:DE-188
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Zusammenfassung:The case of the "cult of the clitoris" : treachery, patriotism and English womanhood -- Butterfly women, "Chinamen", dope fiends and metropolitan allure -- The tribulations of Edith Thompson : sexual incitement as a capital crime -- Mme Fahmy's vindication : orientalism, miscegenation fears and female fantasy -- "Hunnish scenes" and a "virgin birth" : the contested marriage and motherhood of a curious modern woman -- Afterlives
"Modern women on trial looks at the highly publicised, sensational trials of several young female protagonists in the period 1918-24. These cases, all presented by the press as morality tales involving drugs, murder, adultery, miscegenation and sexual perversion, are used as a prism through which to identify concerns about modern feminity."--
Beschreibung:"Modern women on trial looks at the highly publicised, sensational trials of several young female protagonists in the period 1918-24. These cases, all presented by the press as morality tales involving drugs, murder, adultery, miscegenation and sexual perversion, are used as a prism through which to identify concerns about modern feminity."--Page [4] of cover
Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-238) and index
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (x, 246 Seiten) Illustrationen
ISBN:1847798969
9781847798961
DOI:10.7765/9781847798961

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