August 13, 2021
In the book The Sexual Question: A History of Prostitution in Peru, 1850s-1950s Paulo Drinot, professor of Latin American History at University College London, takes on the subject of sex work and sheds light on topics such as sexuality, public health, nation-building and state formation in that country.
DRINOT, Paulo. The Sexual Question: A History of Prostitution in Peru, 1850s-1950s. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2020. 313.
According to the review by Joshua Savala, Professor at the Department of History at Rollins College, Florida, one of the most interesting chapters examines Peruvian reactions to female fashions and behavior in the 1920s, especially the notion of the modern woman that emphasized masculinizing dress and behaviors.
“Through examinations of cartoons, Drinot shows the impact of gendered modernity in Lima. I recommend this book to those interested in the legal and social history of prostitution,” says Savala. Click here to read the full review of professor Joshua Savala published in HCSM (Apr-Jun 2021).
Related articles in HCS-Manguinhos:
Savala, Joshua. Sex work, State formation, and sexuality in modern Peru. História, Ciências, Saúde-Manguinhos [online]. 2021, v. 28, n. 2
Cultura física, cuerpos y sexualidades Los distintos sentidos que produjo y puso en circulación la revista Cultura Sexual y Física (1937-1941) respecto de las sexualidades, los cuerpos, los deseos.
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Sexual excess as a hallmark of Brazilianness Cristiane Oliveira analyses de discourse of sexual excess produced by Brazilian social thinking in the 1920s and 1930s.
El dinero no es todo El libro de Patricio Simonetto analiza la prostitución en la Argentina del siglo XX. Acceda a la reseña de Ludmila Scheinkman publicada en el último número de HCS-Manguinhos.
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