Red House Alley (Paperback)
Language: English
Published by UEA Publishing Project, Norwich, 2024
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Paperback. Red House Alley is the first complete English translation of Else Jerusalem's Der Heilige Skarabaeus, her revolutionary novel about sex workers in 19th century Vienna. Jerusalem ripped away the veil of moral hypocrisy that viewed prostitutes as predators who lured men into their clutches, showing the women as victims of pimps, madams, and the police. Its frank portrayal of the sex trade led the Nazis to ban the book in 1933, after which it was forgotten for over 80 years. Red House Alley is destined to take its rightful place as a classic of feminist literature. Red House Alley is the first complete English translation of Else Jerusalem's revolutionary novel about sex workers in 19th century Vienna. Jerusalem ripped away the veil of moral hypocrisy that viewed prostitutes as predators who lured men into their clutches and showed the women as victims exploited by pimps, madams, and the police. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…
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- Title
- Red House Alley (Paperback)
- Author
- Else Jerusalem
- Publisher
- UEA Publishing Project, Norwich
- Publication year
- 2024
- Condition
- new
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1915812364
- ISBN 13
- 9781915812360
Red House Alley is the first complete English translation of Else Jerusalem's Der Heilige Skarabäus, her revolutionary novel about sex workers in 19th century Vienna. Jerusalem ripped away the veil of moral hypocrisy that viewed prostitutes as predators who lured men into their clutches, showing the women as victims of pimps, madams, and the police. Its frank portrayal of the sex trade led the Nazis to ban the book in 1933, after which it was forgotten for over 80 years. Red House Alley is destined to take its rightful place as a classic of feminist literature.
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About the Author
Else Jerusalem was an Austro-Hungarian writer best known for her 1909 novel Der Heilige Skarabäus about sex workers in 19th century Vienna. One of the first women to attend the University of Vienna, she was denied a diploma by the rules of her time but quickly became recognized as an advocate and social reformer. Der Heilige Skarabäus became a best-seller in German-speaking nations after its publication but was banned after the Nazis came to power and forgotten until reissued in by DVB Verlag in 2017. She emigrated to Argentina with her second husband in 1911 and died there in 1943.
Else Jerusalem was born into a Jewish-Hungarian family in Vienna in 1876. She studied at the University of Vienna but as a woman was denied a diploma. Her first book, Venus am Kreuz, a collection of novellas, was published in 1899. She married in 1901, had two children, and remained active in intellectual and social affairs. In 1909, she published her novel Der heilige Skarabäus (The sacred scarab), based on her independent research on prostitution in Vienna. It became a bestseller throughout the German-speaking world. In 1910, she divorced her first husband, married the embryologist Viktor Widakowich, and emigrated with him to Argentina. There, she had a daughter and wrote for German-language journals. She died in Buenos Aires in 1943.
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