(De)sexing prostitution : sex work, reform, and womanhood in Progressive Texas, 1889-1925

This dissertation examines the participation and regulation of African American and Mexican women in the sex industry during the Progressive period of Texas to complicate ideas of womanhood. Between 1889 and 1925, sex workers survived, resisted, and contended with several shifts to their industry c...

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Main Author: Rosas, Lilia Raquel Dueñas
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2152/ETD-UT-2012-08-6378