Women for Hire

Prostitution and Sexuality in France after 1850

By: Alain Corbin, Alan Sheridan (Translator)

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Paperback | 1 September 1996 | Edition Number 1

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512 Pages

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23.7 x 16.08 x 2.71

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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.

Industry Reviews

Majestic, path-breaking...The first systematic investigation of the political and economic aspects of the French sex trade. -- Francine du Plessix Gray New York Review of Books A challenging and provocative book which remains the essential study in its field...Corbin amply demonstrates the centrality of prostitution to the social history of modern France. -- James F. McMillan Times Literary Supplement An engrossing story full of intimate details about the actual lives of women. -- Frances Gouda Women's Review of Books This is a thorough, fascinating account of the lives of prostitutes, the workings of prostitution as a business and the continuing debates in France over the application of the 'French system' of regulation. This translation from the French Les filles de noce is a welcome contribution to the English historiography, providing an excellent source for those working on numerous dimensions of modern French history. -- Timothy Baycroft Modern and Contemporary France [UK]

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