Sex and Danger in Buenos Aires - Prostitution, Family, and Nation in Argentina (Paperback, New Ed)

A study of prostitution necessarily examines questions of power, class, gender, and public health. In "Sex and Danger in Buenos Aires" these questions combine with particular force. During most of the time covered in this provocative book, from the late nineteenth century well into the twentieth, prostitution was legal in Argentina. Fears and anxieties concerning the effect of female sexual commerce on family and nation were rampant.
Donna J. Guy looks at many aspects of the debate that followed an escalating demand for prostitutes by Argentines and European immigrants. She discusses the widespread fear of white slavery, the merits of medically supervised municipal houses of prostitution, the rights of local governments to restrict the civil liberties of citizens and foreigners, the censorship of literature and music dealing with the plight of prostitutes, and the potential criminality of unsupervised working women who might abandon their families. Guy also describes attempts to deal with female prostitution: rehabilitation, modifications of municipal bordello laws, and medical programs to prevent the spread of venereal disease. She makes clear that the treatment of "marginal" women by liberal politicians and doctors helped promoted policies of repression and censorship that would later be extended to other unacceptable social groups. Her study of how both local and national government in Argentina dealt with these women reveals important links between gender, politics, and economics.

General

Imprint:	University of Nebraska Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Engendering Latin America
Release date:	1995
First published:	1991
Authors:	Donna J. Guy
Dimensions:	153 x 228 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	261
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-8032-7048-0
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > General Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Ethical issues & debates > Prostitution Books > History > American history > General
LSN:	0-8032-7048-8
Barcode:	9780803270480

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