Siobhán Hearne
Siobhán Hearne is a historian of gender and sexuality in the Russian Empire and Soviet Union. She received her PhD from the University of Nottingham in 2017 and is currently based at Durham University’s School of Modern Languages & Cultures. She has written widely on prostitution, venereal diseases, and pornography in Russian imperial and Soviet history.
Books by Siobhán Hearne
Interviews with Siobhán Hearne
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1
Common Prostitutes and Ordinary Citizens: Commercial Sex in London, 1885-1960
by Julia Laite -
2
The World of Prostitution in Late Imperial Austria
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3
Code of Misconduct: Regulating Prostitution in Late Colonial Bombay
by Ashwini Tambe -
4
When Sex Threatened the State: Illicit Sexuality, Nationalism, and Politics in Colonial Nigeria 1900-1958
by Saheed Aderinto -
5
Compromised Positions: Prostitution, Public Health, and Gender Politics in Revolutionary Mexico City
by Katherine Elaine Bliss
History of Prostitution Books, recommended by Siobhán Hearne
History of Prostitution Books, recommended by Siobhán Hearne
Societies of all different stamps have tried to eliminate prostitution but it never works and there are always unintended consequences. Siobhan Hearne, a historian of sexuality in Tsarist and Soviet Russia, explains how exploring the history of prostitution provides fascinating insights into social and political history as well as offering some genuine, and very clear, lessons from the past.
