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| Titre : | The Politics of prostitution and the politics of public health in the Irish Free State : A Response to Susannah Riordan (2007) |
| Auteurs : | Philip HOWELL, Auteur |
| Type de document : | Article |
| Dans : | Irish Historical Studies (vol 35 n 140 2007) |
| Article en page(s) : | p. 541-552 |
| Langues: | Anglais |
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| Résumé : | In an earlier article in Irish Historical Studies the present author argued that the beginnings of the Irish Free State's campaign against venereal disease were caught up in a politics of prostitution that mobilised nationalist, republican and post-colonial sentiments, revolving around the struggle between military and civilian authority, and invoking the moral arbitration of the Catholic church. Susannah Riordan's recent response has clarified the administrative history of interdepartmental inquiries into the threat posed by venereal diseases, setting concerns over the role of prostitution in propagating disease within the context of the wider public health programme. Moreover, she states that there are no empirical grounds whatsoever for the general interpretation that I proposed |
| Pays de publication : | Irlande |
| Mention de responsabilité : | Philip Howell |
| Fonds : | Médiathèque |
