Sex, Sin and Suffering

Name: Sex, Sin and Suffering
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

This volume brings together for the first time a series of studies on the social history of venereal disease in modern Europe and its former colonies. An examination of social attitudes to sexuality, class, gender, generation and race. > This volume brings together for the first time a series of studies on the social history of venereal disease in modern Europe and its former colonies. It explores, from a comparative perspective, the responses of legal, medical and political authorities to the 'Great Scourge'. In particular, how such responses reflected and shaped social attitudes towards sexuality and social relationships of class, gender, generation and race. > Introduction\nRoger Davidson and Lesley Hall 1. Syphilis and Prostitution: a Regulatory Couplet in Nineteenth-Century France Andrew Aisenberg 2. Passing the 'Black Judgement': Swedish Social Policy on Venereal Disease in the Early Twentieth Century\nAnna Lundberg 3. 'The Shadow of Contagion': Gender, Syphilis andl