Women for Hire Prostitution and Sexuality in France After 1850 |
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| Author:
| Corbin, Alain |
| Translator:
| Sheridan, Alan |
| ISBN: | 978-0-674-95544-8 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 1996 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $52.00 |
Book Description:
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Alain Corbin depicts prostitution in nineteenth-century France not as a vice, crime, or disease, but as a well-organized business. Corbin reveals how the brothel served the sex industry in the same way that the factory served manufacturing: it provided an institution for the efficient and profitable sale of services.
Alain Corbin depicts prostitution in nineteenth-century France not as a vice, crime, or disease, but as a well-organized business. Corbin reveals how the brothel served the sex industry in the same way that the factory served manufacturing: it provided an institution for the efficient and profitable sale of services.