Luddy, Maria (2007) Prostitution and Irish society, 1800-1940. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. ISBN 9780521882415

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Abstract

This is the first book to tackle the controversial history of prostitution in Ireland in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Maria Luddy uncovers the extent of prostitution in the country, how Irish women came to work as prostitutes, their living conditions and their treatment by society. She links discussions of prostitution to the Irish nationalist and suffrage movements of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, analysing the ways in which Irish nationalism used the problems of prostitution and venereal disease to argue for the withdrawal of the British from Ireland. She also investigates the contentious history of Magdalen asylums and explores how the infamous red-light district of Dublin's 'Monto' was finally suppressed through the actions of the Legion of Mary in the 1920s. Revealing complex social and religious attitudes towards prostitution in Irish society, this book opens up a new world in Ireland's social and political history.

Item Type:	Book
Subjects:	D History General and Old World > DA Great Britain H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman
Divisions:	Faculty of Arts > History
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Prostitution -- Ireland -- History -- 19th century, Prostitution -- Ireland -- History -- 20th century, Prostitutes -- Ireland -- Social conditions -- 19th century, Prostitutes -- Ireland -- Social conditions -- 20th century, Prostitution -- Social aspects -- Ireland, Prostitution -- Political aspects -- Ireland
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Place of Publication:	Cambridge
ISBN:	9780521882415
Date:	2007
Number of Pages:	352
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access
URI:	http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/38077

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