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Beyond Brutal Passions: Prostitution in Early Nineteenth-Century Montreal (Studies on the History of Quebec/Études d’histoire du Quebec)

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During a time of important demographic, geographic, and social transition, many women in early nineteenth-century Montreal turned to prostitution and brothel-keeping to feed, clothe, give protection to, and house themselves and their families. Beyond Brutal Passions is a close study of the ladies who were accused of marketing sex, their economic and social susceptibilities, and the strategies they employed to withstand authority and assert their very own agency. Referencing newspapers, parish registers, census returns, coroners’ reports, city directories, documents of Catholic and Protestant institutions, police books, and court records, Mary Anne Poutanen reveals how these women confronted limited choices and how they fought against established authority within the pursuit in their livelihoods. She details these women’s lives not only as prostitutes but in addition as wives, mothers, sisters, and daughters who reconstructed the bonds of kinship and solidarity. An insightful history of prostitution, Beyond Brutal Passions explores the complicated relationships between women accused of prostitution and the society through which they lived and worked.
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