City of Dreadful Delight : Narratives of Sexual Danger in Late-Victorian London PDF
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CITY OF DREADFUL DELIGHT WOMEN IN CULTURE AND SOCIETY A Series Edited by Catharine R. Stimpson Judith R. Walkowitz City of Dreadful Might Narratives of Sexual Danger in Late-Victorian London THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS Chicago The University of Chicago Press, Chicago 60637 Virago Press Limited, London © 1992 by Judith R. Walkowitz Foreword © 1992 by The University of Chicago All rights reserved. Published 1992 Printed in the United States of America 01 00 99 98 97 96 95 94 93 543 ISBN (cloth): 0-226-87145-2 ISBN (paper): 0-226-87146-0 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Walkowitz, Judith R. City of dreadful delight: narratives of sexual danger in late -Victorian London / Judith R. Walkowitz. p. cm. — (Women in culture and society) Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Sex crimes—England—London—History—19th century. 2. Sex role—England—History—19th century. 3. Prostitution—England— London—History—19th century. 4. Jack the Ripper Murders, London, England, 1888. 5. England—Moral conditions. I. Title. II. Series. HQ72.G7W33 1992 364.1'53'094212—dc20 91-48153 ® The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984. For Danny and Rebecca CONTENTS Series Editor’s Foreword ix Acknowledgments xiii Introduction i 1. Urban Spectatorship 15 2. Contested Terrain: New Social Actors 41 3. “The Maiden Tribute of Modern Babylon” 81 4. “The Maiden Tribute”: Cultural Consequences 121 5. The Men and Women’s Club 135 6. Science and the Seance: Transgressions of Gender and Genre 171 7. Jack the Ripper 191 Epilogue: The Yorkshire Ripper 229 Notes 2.47 Selected Bibliography 315 Index 339 Illustrations follow p. 134. vit
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