Book ID: CBB330483529

The Sexual Question: A History of Prostitution in Peru, 1850s–1950s (2020)

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Drinot, Paulo (Author)


Cambridge University Press


Publication Date: 2020
Physical Details: 328
Language: English

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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Review Cristiana Schettini (2021) Review of "The Sexual Question: A History of Prostitution in Peru, 1850s–1950s". Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences (pp. 95-96). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Carlo Gelmetti
Luca Muscardin
Franco Rongioletti
Lorenzo Marri-Malacrida
Emiliano Panconesi
Petrungaro, Stefano
Concepts
Sexual hygiene
Sexually transmitted diseases
Medicine
Sexuality
Prostitution
Women and health
Time Periods
20th century, early
19th century
20th century
18th century
21st century
17th century
Places
Italy
United States
Middle and Near East
Yugoslavia
Queensland (Australia)
Mexico City (Mexico)
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