Prostitutas y vagabundas en las cárceles de España y Portugal durante el siglo xx. Un viaje de Madrid a Lisboa.

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Title: Prostitutas y vagabundas en las cárceles de España y Portugal durante el siglo xx. Un viaje de Madrid a Lisboa. (Spanish).
Alternate Title: Prostitutes and vagrants in Spanish and Portuguese prisons during the 20th century. A journey from Madrid to Lisboa. (English)
Authors: Hernández Holgado, Fernando
Source: Arenal.Revista de Historia de las Mujeres. ene-jun2025, Vol. 32 Issue 1, p249-290. 42p.
Subjects: VAGRANCY, TWENTIETH century, NINETEENTH century, PRISONS, SEX work
Abstract (English): The following work consists of a brief historical review of the experience of women imprisoned for common crimes throughout 19th and 20th century in Spain and Portugal and, more specifically, of women arrested for clandestine prostitution and vagrancy. About that, the article analyzes with special care the prisons of their respective capitals, Madrid and Lisbon, during the first half of the 20th century. In the Spanish case, the article focuses particularly on the Quiñones, Ventas and Alcalá de Henares prisons, while in the Portuguese case it deals mainly with the Lisbon prison of Mónicas, with some reference to the nearby Tires prison, in Cascais. This text aims to cast some light on a reality that, up to now, has constituted a "blind spot" of History. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Abstract (Spanish): El siguiente trabajo consiste en un breve recorrido histórico por la experiencia penitenciaria de las mujeres encarceladas por delito común a lo largo de los siglos xix y xx en España y Portugal y, más específicamente, de las encarceladas por prostitución clandestina y vagancia. Para ello, el artículo analiza con especial detenimiento las prisiones femeninas de sus respectivas capitales, Madrid y Lisboa, durante la primera mitad del siglo xx. Para el caso español, el artículo se detiene de manera especial en los centros penitenciarios de Quiñones, Ventas y Alcalá de Henares, mientras que en el caso portugués se ocupa de la prisión lisboeta de Mónicas, con alguna referencia a la cercana de Tires, en Cascais. El texto pretende proyectar alguna luz sobre una realidad que, hasta el momento, ha constituido un "ángulo muerto" de la Historia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Abstract:The following work consists of a brief historical review of the experience of women imprisoned for common crimes throughout 19th and 20th century in Spain and Portugal and, more specifically, of women arrested for clandestine prostitution and vagrancy. About that, the article analyzes with special care the prisons of their respective capitals, Madrid and Lisbon, during the first half of the 20th century. In the Spanish case, the article focuses particularly on the Quiñones, Ventas and Alcalá de Henares prisons, while in the Portuguese case it deals mainly with the Lisbon prison of Mónicas, with some reference to the nearby Tires prison, in Cascais. This text aims to cast some light on a reality that, up to now, has constituted a "blind spot" of History. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
ISSN:11346396
DOI:10.30827/arenal.v32i1.28776