Women for Hire: Prostitution and Sexuality in France After 1850

by Alain Corbin

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Depicts prostitution in 19th-century France not as a vice, crime, or disease, but as a well-organized business. This text reveals how the brothel served the sex industry in the same way that the factory served manufacturing: it provided an institution for the profitable sale of services.

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0674955447

ISBN13:9780674955448

Release Date:September 1996

Publisher:Harvard University Press

Length:512 Pages

Weight:1.63 lbs.

Dimensions:1.1" x 5.9" x 9.1"

Related Subjects

Europe France Gender Studies Health, Fitness & Dieting Health, Fitness & Dieting History Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Politics & Social Sciences Psychology Psychology & Counseling Social Science Social Sciences Women in History Women's Studies World

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