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Sit down and drink your beer : regulating Vancouver’s beer parlours, 1925-1954

By Robert A. , Campbell

Book information

Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Year
2001
ISBN
9781442679986, 1442679980
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
10 MB (10704509 bytes)
Series
Studies in gender and history.
Pages
0\216
Time added
2019-07-02 20:20:28

Description

Campbell argues that the regulation of the environment of the classic beer parlour, rather than being an example of social control, is best understood as moral regulation and part of a process of normalization. Introduction: Regulating Public Drinking -- Ch. 1. The Genesis of the Beer Parlour -- Ch. 2. Operators and Workers: The Ties That Bind -- Ch. 3. Ladies and Escorts: Regulating and Negotiating Gender and Sexuality -- Ch. 4. Appearance and Performance: Creating and Regulating the Unwanted -- Ch. 5. Reconfiguring Decency in the 1950s: The Politics of Regulation -- Conclusion: Managing the Marginal.

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