Crimes of Outrage: Sex, Violence, and Victorian Working Women

by Shani D'Cruze

Overview

This book explores sexual violence against Victorian working women. The author examines how gendered notions inform both women's negotiation of relationships and men's aggression toward women.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780875802428
Publisher:	Cornell University Press
Publication date:	10/01/1998
Edition description:	1
Pages:	271
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 9.40(h) x 0.70(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.

Editorial Reviews

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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