Erotic Exchanges : : The World of Elite Prostitution in Eighteenth-Century Paris /

Erotic Exchanges : : The World of Elite Prostitution in Eighteenth-Century Paris / / Nina Kushner.

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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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Kushner, Nina,
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

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