Male sex work and Pederastia in Amancio Peratoner's Pseudo Sexological Texts.
In the second half of the nineteenth century Spain experienced exponential growth in the public discourse devoted to the history, description, and critical analysis of and moral commentary on sex labor, reflecting the concern that it generated for society as a whole. Hygienists, novelists, moralists...
| Publicado en: | Romance Notes Vol. 65; no. 2; pp. 169 - 181 |
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University of North Carolina Press
2025
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