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Hájková, Anna (2022) Why we need a history of prostitution in the Holocaust. European Review of History, 29 (2). pp. 194-222. doi:10.1080/13507486.2022.2028739 ISSN 1469-8293.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/13507486.2022.2028739
Abstract
For many Holocaust historians, prostitution is a source of profound discomfort and tends to be interpreted as sexual violence only. This essay presents a historiographical and empirical interventions on why incorporating the notion of sex work as labor sheds new light on our understanding of the society of victims, the agency of the people who bartered sex, and the value of intimacy in these enforced circumstances. The essay presents 15 case studies of women and men, both heterosexual and queer, who engaged in sexual barter with fellow victims, bystanders, and perpetrators in ghettos, concentration camps, and in hiding. Finally, the article considers the stigma attached to sex work and puts forward a plea for the necessity of a critical reading of common assumptions about stigma.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | D History General and Old World > D History (General) > D731 World War II D History General and Old World > DD Germany H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Arts > History | ||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Prostitution -- History -- 20th century, Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Case studies, Sex crimes, Prostitution -- Moral and ethical aspects, Stigma (Social psychology) | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | European Review of History | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Routledge | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 1469-8293 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | 2022 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | 29 | ||||||||
| Number: | 2 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 194-222 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1080/13507486.2022.2028739 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in European Review of History on 31 Mar 2022, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/13507486.2022.2028739 | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 11 January 2022 | ||||||||
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