| Women for Hire: Prostitution and Sexuality in France After 1850 Revised Edition Contributor(s): Corbin, Alain (Author), Sheridan, Alan (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0674955447 ISBN-13: 9780674955448 Publisher: Harvard University Press OUR PRICE: $51.48 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 1996 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - France - Social Science | Women's Studies - Psychology | Human Sexuality (see Also Social Science - Human Sexuality) |
| Dewey: 306.74 |
| Physical Information: 1.05" H x 5.92" W x 9.11" (1.55 lbs) 512 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - French |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Dispelling the lurid stereotypes portrayed in fiction, 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Sheridan, Alan: - Alan Sheridan is the author of Michel Foucault: The Will to Truth. He has also translated over 50 books, including works by Sartre, Lacan, and Foucault.Corbin, Alain: - Alain Corbin is Professor of History, Emeritus, at the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne.Sheridan, Alan: - Alan Sheridan is the author of Michel Foucault: The Will to Truth. He has also translated over 50 books, including works by Sartre, Lacan, and Foucault. |
