«Dr. Hammer’s account of lives of registered prostitutes illustrates the complexity of discourses on medical supervision and police control of sexuality in early twentieth-century Berlin. This English edition provides historians of sexuality with insight into medical experts’ role in producing social truth and how the women profiled resisted control.»
(Deirdre McGowan, Head of Law, School of Social Sciences, Law, and Education, Technological University Dublin)
«For anyone interested in the history of prostitution, retrieving the lives and voices of sex workers...
«Dr. Hammer’s account of lives of registered prostitutes illustrates the complexity of discourses on medical supervision and police control of s...
