HST 658 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Separate Spheres, Public Sphere, Male Prostitution
13 Oct 2016
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Lecture 3: the prostitute: gender, commerce, and an urban icon. Prostitute acts as a symbol of the relationship between sex and the city. Geography needs to be taken into consideration. History of prostitution (1180s - 1920s - major urbanization period) Trading sex, favours, etc. for other things has always been around to meet different needs. Late 19th century to present has a clear figure. History of prostitution is, in large, the history of women in public. Development of department stores due to growing retail industry. Women now more mobile and seen in public. Middle + upper class women engage in recreational shopping that. Manhattan divided by whiteness is newly acceptable. 6th avenue - ladies mile due to retail district. Separate spheres (ideology) for men and women. Not possible for immigrant, impoverished women to live in the private sphere. Working class family didn"t have the separation between public and private spheres. The new swell"s night guide, 1940s, london.
