Moralizing Public Space: Prostitution, Disease, and Social Disorder in Orizaba, Mexico, 1910–1945.

This article explores how women working as prostitutes in Orizaba, Mexico, laid claim to a more revolutionary vision of women’s citizenship. Prostitutes pushed the state to realize the promises of the Mexican Revolution, even as officials and many local residents—rich and poor—retained outmoded noti...

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Publicado en:Journal of Social History Vol. 52; no. 1; pp. 54 - 74
Autor principal: Swedberg, Gregory
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Oxford University Press / USA Fall2018
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        Orizaba (Veracruz-Llave, Mexico)
        Sex workers
        Public spaces
        Ethics
        Communicable diseases
        History of sex work
        Mexican Revolution, Mexico, 1910-1920
        Social conditions in Mexico
        20th century Mexican history
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          History of sex work
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