Women for Hire Paperback by Alain Corbin

Product Details

• Publisher: Harvard University Press (1996-09-03)
• Language: English
• Paperback: 512 pages
• ISBN-13: 9780674955448
• Item Weight: 368.55 grams
• Dimensions: 0.0 x 0.0 x 0.0 cm

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.

About the Author

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.