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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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2013] ©2016 |
Year of Publication: | 2013 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (312 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- 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