Fictions of Containment in the Spanish Female Picaresque : : Architectural Space and Prostitution in the Early Modern Mediterranean / / Emily Kuffner.

This study examines the interdependence of gender, sexuality and space in the early modern period, which saw the inception of architecture as a discipline and gave rise to the first custodial institutions for women, including convents for reformed prostitutes. Meanwhile, conduct manuals established...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Amsterdam University Press Complete eBook-Package 2019
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Place / Publishing House:Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2019]
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Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
Series:Gendering the Late Medieval and Early Modern World ; 6
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Physical Description:1 online resource (240 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Table of Contents
  • Introduction: Fictions of Containment
  • 1. Prostitution in the Early Modern Spanish Mediterranean
  • 2. Public Space and Public Women
  • 3. Coaches of Deception: The Predatory Pícara
  • 4. Prostitutes in the Window
  • 5. The Doors of Paradise
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index