The devil's chain
prostitution and social control in partitioned Poland
by Keely Stauter-Halsted
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"In the half-century before Poland's long-awaited political independence in 1918, anxiety surrounding the country's burgeoning sex industry fueled nearly constant public debate. The Devil's Chain is the first book to examine the world of commercial sex throughout the partitioned Polish territories, uncovering a previously hidden conversation about sexuality, gender propriety, and social class. Keely Stauter-Halsted situates the preoccupation with prostitution in the context of Poland's struggle for political independence and its difficult transition to modernity. She traces the Poles' growing anxiety about white slavery, venereal disease, and eugenics by examining the regulation of the female body, the rise of medical authority, and the role of social reformers in addressing the problem of paid sex"--
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Social aspects, History, Prostitution, Sex, Prostitution, europe, Poland, historyPlaces
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20th century, 1864-1918, 19th centuryShowing 1 featured edition. View all 1 editions?
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The devil's chain: prostitution and social control in partitioned Poland
2015, Cornell University Press
in English
0801454190 9780801454196
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