Figures of Ill Repute: Representing Prostitution in Nineteenth-Century France - Charles Bernheimer - Books - Duke University Press - 9780822319474 - May 22, 1997
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Ubiquitous in the streets and brothels of nineteenth-century Paris, the prostitute was even present in the novels and paintings of the time. This book discusses how these representations of the sexually available woman express male ambivalence about desire, money, class, and the body.

352 pages, 44 illustrations

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released May 22, 1997
ISBN13 9780822319474
Publishers Duke University Press
Pages 352
Dimensions 235 × 159 × 32 mm   ·   589 g

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