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The Sexual Question - A History of Prostitution in Peru, 1850s-1950s (Paperback)
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The Sexual Question - A History of Prostitution in Peru, 1850s-1950s (Paperback)
Series: Cambridge Latin American Studies
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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
Question charts this cyclic process of regulation and abolition in
Peru, uncovering the ideas, policies, and actors shaping the
debates on prostitution in Lima and beyond. The history of
prostitution, Paulo Drinot shows, sheds light on the interplay of
gender and sexuality, medicine and public health, and
nation-building and state formation in Peru. With its compelling
historical lens, this landmark study offers readers an engaging
narrative, and new perspectives on Latin American studies, social
policy, and Peruvian history.
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