City of Dreadful Delight: Narratives of Sexual Danger in Late-Victorian London by Judith R. Walkowitz

City of Dreadful Delight: Narratives of Sexual Danger in Late-Victorian London

Women in Culture and Society

Judith R. Walkowitz

368 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative medium-paced
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From tabloid exposes of child prostitution to the grisly tales of Jack the Ripper, narratives of sexual danger pulsated through Victorian London. Expertly blending social history and cultural criticism, Judith Walkowitz shows how these narratives ...

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