Erotic Exchanges : : The World of Elite Prostitution in Eighteenth-Century Paris / / Nina Kushner.
Nina Kushner's Erotic Exchanges: The World of Elite Prostitution in Eighteenth-Century Paris brings to life a vibrant but relatively unknown part of early modern urban life, the world of the demimonde, the quasi-respectable underworld, with its elite prostitutes, wealthy patrons, and juicy scan...
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Kushner, Nina, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Erotic Exchanges : The World of Elite Prostitution in Eighteenth-Century Paris / Nina Kushner. Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2013] ©2016 1 online resource (312 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Police and the Demimonde -- 2. Leaving Home -- 3. Being Sold into the Demimonde -- 4. Madams and Their Networks -- 5. Contracts and Elite Prostitution as Work -- 6. Male Experiences of Galanterie -- 7. Sexual Capital and the Private Lives of Mistresse -- Conclusion -- List of Abbreviations -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Nina Kushner's Erotic Exchanges: The World of Elite Prostitution in Eighteenth-Century Paris brings to life a vibrant but relatively unknown part of early modern urban life, the world of the demimonde, the quasi-respectable underworld, with its elite prostitutes, wealthy patrons, and juicy scandals. Kushner reveals the complexity and influence of this corner of Parisian social and cultural life and its relative separateness from the larger world of prostitution.— Janine M. Lanza ― Journal of Modern HistoryIn Erotic Exchanges, Nina Kushner reveals the complex world of elite prostitution in eighteenth-century Paris by focusing on the professional mistresses who dominated it. In this demimonde, these dames entretenues exchanged sex, company, and sometimes even love for being "kept." Most of these women entered the profession unwillingly, either because they were desperate and could find no other means of support or because they were sold by family members to brothels or to particular men. A small but significant percentage of kept women, however, came from a theater subculture that actively supported elite prostitution. Kushner shows that in its business conventions, its moral codes, and even its sexual practices, the demimonde was an integral part of contemporary Parisian culture.Kushner’s primary sources include thousands of folio pages of dossiers and other documents generated by the Paris police as they tracked the lives and careers of professional mistresses, reporting in meticulous, often lascivious, detail what these women and their clients did. Rather than reduce the history of sex work to the history of its regulation, Kushner interprets these materials in a way that unlocks these women’s own experiences. Kushner analyzes prostitution as a form of work, examines the contracts that governed relationships among patrons, mistresses, and madams, and explores the roles played by money, gifts, and, on occasion, love in making and breaking the bonds between women and men.This vivid and engaging book explores elite prostitution not only as a form of labor and as a kind of business but also as a chapter in the history of emotions, marriage, and the family. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Apr 2024) Prostitution History 18th century France Paris. Prostitution France Paris History 18th century. Europe. History. HISTORY / Europe / France. bisacsh The Sexual Culture of the French Renaissance, history of prostitution, eighteenth-century courtesans. Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013 9783110536157 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015 9783110606744 https://doi.org/10.7591/9780801470691 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780801470691 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780801470691/original |
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