Leanne Mccormick

Regulating sexuality

Women in twentieth-century Northern Ireland

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Produktbeschreibung

Argues that a commonality of purpose existed between the Catholic and Protestant Churches concerning the regulation of female sexuality,

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 467g
• ISBN-13: 9780719076640
• ISBN-10: 0719076641
• Artikelnr.: 27429253

Autorenporträt

Leanne McCormick is a Research Associate at the Centre for the History of Medicine in Ireland, University of Ulster

Inhaltsangabe

Abbreviations Acknowledgements List of Figures Note on Terminology
Introduction 1. 'Dirty Girls and Bad Houses': Prostitutes and Prostitution
2. 'Angels Who Have Lost Their Way': The Work of Rescue and Reform Homes 3.
'Modesty is the Sister of Virtue': Moral Prevention Work With Girls 4.
'People Should Keep a Grip on Themselves': Treatment and Prevention of VD
5. 'One Yank and They're Off': Interaction Between US Troops and Northern
Irish Women 6. 'Confused with Prejudice and Muddled Thinking': Preventing
Pregnancy Conclusion