Chapter Four. The Politics and Erotics of Dirt: Cross-Class Sisterhood in the Slums

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents xi
3. List of Illustrations xiii
4. Acknowledgements xv
5. Introduction. Slumming: Eros and Altruism in Victorian London 1
6. Part One: Incognitos, Fictions, and Cross-Class Masquerades
7. Chapter One. Workhouse Nights: Homelessness, Homosexuality, and Cross-Class Masquerades 25
8. Chapter Two. Dr. Barnardo’s Artistic Fictions: Photography, Sexuality, and the Ragged Child 88
9. Chapter Three. The American Girl in London: Gender, Journalism, and Social Investigation in the Late Victorian Metropolis 140
10. Part Two: Cross-Class Sisterhood and Brotherhood in the Slums
11. Chapter Four. The Politics and Erotics of Dirt: Cross-Class Sisterhood in the Slums 183
12. Chapter Five. The “New Man” in the Slums: Religion, Masculinity, and the Men’s Settlement House Movement 228
13. Conclusion 282
14. Manuscript Sources 289
15. Notes 293
16. Index 379