Female Sexuality on Trial: A Queer and Intersectional Analysis of 19th Century Scottish Court Records

在19世纪世纪的英国，对女性性行为的理解仍然是由二元观念决定的，这种二元观念将资产阶级的“家庭天使”和工人阶级的妓女视为对立的类别。这个项目利用一种新的酷儿方法来困扰围绕“规范”和“越界”性行为的假设，采用对同性亲密关系，性工作等的微妙理解。对苏格兰法庭记录的分析将探讨“规范”性行为的字面法律的定义，同时通过证词提供对法庭外生活的见解。由此产生的项目将代表从现有的文献，搜索“酷儿主题”，并保留对英语经验的重点出发。

Understandings of female sexuality in 19th century Britain remain predetermined by binary notions identifying the bourgeois 'Angel of the House' and the working-class prostitute as contrasting categories. This project utilises a new queer methodology to trouble assumptions around 'normative' and 'transgressive' sexualities, employing nuanced understandings of same-sex intimacy, sex work, and more. An analysis of Scottish court records will explore the literal legal definitions of 'normative' sexualities while providing insight into life outside the courtroom through depositions. The resulting project will represent a departure from existing literature which searches for 'queer subjects' and retains a focus on the English experience.