@book{SkedzuhnSafir2020, author = {Skedzuhn-Safir, Alexandra}, title = {Hidden in plain sight : the topography of prostitution in Florence between 1860 and 1888}, publisher = {Brandenburgische Technische Universit{\"a}t Cottbus-Senftenberg, IKMZ - Universit{\"a}tsbibliothek}, address = {Cottbus}, isbn = {978-3-940471-56-7}, doi = {10.26127/BTUOpen-5200}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:co1-opus4-52002}, publisher = {BTU Cottbus - Senftenberg}, year = {2020}, abstract = {Architectural conservation is conventionally associated with preservation of buildings or ensembles that were seats of religious or secular power marking great architectural, political, or scientific accomplishments. Dark and difficult heritage concerns events of disasters, extermination, and war. But what happens to stories and their places that do not fit into any of these categories? They are neither grand or beautiful, nor explicitly traumatic but nonetheless they embed cultural values and norms, or perhaps even the opposite of them: the bordellos and the marginalised groups of society that are usually disregarded in heritage discourses. The question of sex work in contemporary culture holds an important place, as it is connected to social and economic rights of women. Historic sex work, and the places associated with it, imbed in this sense a contention value, because still today it provokes debate among different interest groups. This research work presents the first in-depth study into the location of Florentine bordellos and sex workers between 1860 and 1888. It was a central moment in the history of these women and their trade because a new regulation on sex work was introduced by the recently unified Italian state which spatially controlled the sex trade. Each bordello and the sex workers came under intense scrutiny of the law. What was a dramatic development in the life of these women at the time, has allowed for extensive historical analysis. The research draws primarily from over 5,000 archived police files and examines the location of sex trade in relation to the legal framework provided by the regulation known as the Regolamento Cavour. It was to ensure that sex workers would not pass on any venereal disease, while, at the same time, strived to maintain moral order in a continuously growing city, faced with urban development. In addition, the historic spatial development of bordellos within the perimeter of the ancient city walls was studied as well as the economic and political factors which influenced the position of a bordello within the urban fabric. For that purpose, the study incorporated information from historic city and street directories as well as cadastre maps. These different layers of information are conveyed in numerous maps to visualise the spatial context of and relation between sex work and spaces.}, subject = {Heritage; Cultural significance; Sex work; Marginalisation; Italy; Erbe; Kulturelle Werte; Sexarbeit; Marginalisierung; Italien; Florenz; St{\"a}dtebau; Stadtsoziologie; Sexualverhalten; Prostitution; Geschichte 1860-1888}, language = {en} }