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

在19世纪的英国，人们对女性性行为的理解仍然是由两种观念预先决定的，即资产阶级的“家庭天使”和工人阶级的妓女是截然不同的类别。这个项目使用了一种新的酷儿方法论来扰乱关于“规范的”和“越轨的”性行为的假设，使用了对同性亲密关系、性工作等的微妙理解。通过对苏格兰法庭记录的分析，我们将探讨法律上对“规范性行为”的字面定义，同时通过证词来洞察法庭以外的生活。由此产生的项目将与现有的文学作品背道而驰，这些文学作品搜索的是“酷儿题材”，并保持了对英语体验的关注。

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.