Women for Hire Prostitution and Sexuality in France after 1850
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Alain Corbin is Professor of History, Emeritus, at the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. 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.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
Illuminating… An abundance of superb data enables [Corbin] to treat an often murky and always emotive topic with unusual rigor and detachment.
- Linda Colley, London Review of Books
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 <i>Les filles de noce</i> 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]