Regulating sexuality : women in twentieth-century Northern Ireland / Leanne McCormick.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McCormick, Leanne, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Sexual behavior--Northern Ireland.

Women.

Women--Northern Ireland--History--20th century.

Women--Northern Ireland--Social conditions--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 249 pages) : illustrations (black and white), digital, PDF file(s)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is an examination of the attempts to regulate female sexuality in 20th-century Northern Ireland which opens up new and exciting areas of a previously neglected history. It explores the sexual experiences of women, in the context of the distinctive religious, political and social circumstances of Northern Ireland.

Contents:

'Dirty girls and bad houses' : prostitutes and prostitution

'Angels who have lost their way' : the work of rescue and reform homes

'Modesty is the sister of virtue' : moral prevention work with girls

'People should keep a grip of themselves' : treatment and prevention of VD

'One Yank and they're off' : interaction between US Troops and Northern Irish women, 1942-1945

'Confused with prejudice and muddled thinking' : preventing pregnancy.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-78170-266-7

1-84779-326-6

OCLC:

818847342