Our shopping cart is currently down. To place an order, please contact our distributor, UTP Distribution, directly at utpbooks utpress. This volume explores the sex trade in America from to through the perspectives of archaeologists and historians, expanding the geographic and thematic scope of research on the subject.
Historical Sex Work builds on the work of previous studies in helping create an inclusive and nuanced view of social relations in United States history. Many of these essays focus on lesser-known cities and tell the stories of people often excluded from history, including African American madams Ida Dorsey and Melvina Massey and the children of prostitutes. Broadening the discussion to include the roles of men in sex work, contributors write about the proprietor Tom Savage, the ways prostitution connected with ideas of masculinity, and alternative reasons men may have visited brothels, such as for treatment of venereal disease and impotence.
Contributors: Ashley Baggett Carol A. Bentley Kristen R. Fellows Alexander D. Lupu Anna M. Munns Penny A. Petersen Angela J. Smith Mark S. Kristen R. Fellows is assistant professor of anthropology at North Dakota State University. Angela J. Anna M. Munns is director of assessment at the University of Jamestown. Sign me up! Read past newsletters.
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