Crimes of Outrage: Sex, Violence, and Victorian Working Women / Edition 1

by Shani D'Cruze

Overview

This provocative study explores the subordination of Victorian working women in the home, neighborhood, and workplace. Drawing on courtroom proceedings, D'Cruze reveals that women's interest in speaking out against violent crimes often coincide with the court's agenda to discipline the unruly behavior of working men. However, while women used local courts of vindicate their reputation before their neighbors, doing so often compromised their respectability in the eyes of the public.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780875805788
Publisher:	Cornell University Press
Publication date:	10/01/1998
Series:	Cornell Studies in Political Economy (Paperback)
Edition description:	1
Pages:	271
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.75(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

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Prudence Moylan

Provides new insights and approaches to both the history of crime and the history of sexuality.

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Explores sexual violence against Victorian working women, Victorian notions of femininity and masculinity, and the culture of violence in which they existed. D'Cruze (history, Manchester Metropolitan U.) investigates 909 criminal and civil cases that reveal these women as more than just victims. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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