The bawdy politic in Stuart England, 1660-1714 : political pornography and prostitution / Melissa M....
The bawdy politic in Stuart England, 1660-1714 : political pornography and prostitution / Melissa M....
The bawdy politic in Stuart England, 1660-1714 : political pornography and prostitution / Melissa M. Mowry.
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Publisher
Aldershot, England ; Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate, c2004.
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N820.9358/ 38
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Language
English
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Physical content
viii, 173 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents
1. Introduction -- 2. The bawdy politic and English common law -- 3. The specter of corporate identity and 1668 -- 4. Monstrous mothers : property and the common law -- 5. Jades at livery and other prostitutes -- 6. A citizen's duty and 'common justice' -- 7. Coda.
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Publisher
Aldershot, England ; Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate, c2004.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
c2004.
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Summary
"With this original study, Melissa Mowry makes a strong contribution to a provocative inter-disciplinary conversation about an important and influential sub genre: seventeenth-century political pornography." "The book further advances our understanding of pornography's importance in seventeenth-century England by extending its investigation beyond...
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The bawdy politic in Stuart England, 1660-1714 : political pornography and prostitution / Melissa M. Mowry.
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Women and gender in the early modern world.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [153]-165) and index.
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N820.9358/ 38
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74VKPbwd78gl
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKPbwd78gl
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ISBN
0754641570 (alk. paper)
9780754641575 (hbk. : alk. paper)
0754641570 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9780754641575 (alk. paper)
DDC
820.9358
MMS ID
991019730709702626
