Erotic Exchanges: The World of Elite Prostitution in Eighteenth-Century Paris

by Nina Kushner

Book Overview

In Erotic Exchanges, Nina Kushner reveals the complex world of elite prostitution in eighteenth-century Paris by focusing on the professional mistresses who dominated it. In this demimonde, these dames entretenues exchanged sex, company, and sometimes even love for being "kept." Most of these women entered the profession unwillingly, either because they were desperate and could find no other means of support or because they were sold by...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501705709
• ISBN13: 9781501705700
• Release Date: December 2016
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher