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Imposing decency : the politics of sexuality and race in Puerto Rico, 1870-1920

Author: Eileen Findlay
Publisher: Durham, NC : Duke University Press, 1999.
Series: American encounters/global interactions.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Presenting analysis around several major Puerto Rican anti-prostitution campaigns, this title exposes the race-related double standards of sexual norms and practices in Puerto Rico between 1870 and  Read more...

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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Eileen Findlay
ISBN: 0822323753 9780822323754 0822323966 (pa. : alk. paper 9780822323969 (pa. : alk. paper
OCLC Number: 41026629
Description: xii, 316 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Acknowledgments --
Introduction --
Respectable Ponce : deciphering the codes of power, 1855-1898 --
Motherhood, marriage, and morality : male liberals and bourgeois feminists, 1873-1898 --
Decent men and unruly women : prostitution in Ponce, 1890-1900 --
Marriage and divorce in the formation of the new colonial order, 1898-1910 --
Slavery, sexuality, and the early labor movement, 1900-1917 --
Saving democracy : debating prostitution during World War I --
Conclusion --
Abbreviations and acronyms.
Series Title: American encounters/global interactions.
Responsibility: Eileen J. Suárez Findlay.

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"The dynamics of racism, class prejudice, and sexism work differently and only reveal how they gear in with each other at specific historical moments. Findlay has addressed these issues with Read more...

 
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