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9%OFFLaura J. Rosenthal - Infamous Commerce: Prostitution in Eighteenth-Century British Literature and Culture - 9780801456817 - V9780801456817
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Infamous Commerce: Prostitution in Eighteenth-Century British Literature and Culture

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Description for Infamous Commerce: Prostitution in Eighteenth-Century British Literature and Culture Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DSB; HBJD1; JFMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 444.
In Infamous Commerce, Laura J. Rosenthal uses literary and historical sources to explore the meaning of prostitution from the Restoration through the eighteenth century, showing how both reformers and libertines constructed the modern meaning of sex work during this period. From Grub Street's lurid whore biographies to the period's most acclaimed novels, the prostitute was depicted as facing a choice between abject poverty and some form of sex work.Prostitution, in Rosenthal's view, confronted the core controversies of eighteenth-century capitalism: luxury, desire, global trade, commodification, social mobility, gender identity, imperialism, self-ownership, alienation, and even the nature of work itself. ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
443g
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9780801456817
SKU
V9780801456817
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About Laura J. Rosenthal
Laura J. Rosenthal is Professor of English at the University of Maryland. She is the author of Playwrights and Plagiarists in Early Modern England: Gender, Authorship, Literary Property and coeditor of Monstrous Dreams of Reason: Body, Self, and Other in the Enlightenment.

Reviews for Infamous Commerce: Prostitution in Eighteenth-Century British Literature and Culture
Laura J. Rosenthal's Infamous Commerce is a groundbreaking book; it is both an exemplary cultural history and a first-rate work of literary analysis. It is a must-read for teachers and students in eighteenth-century studies, women's history, gender studies, the history of sexuality, and labor history.
Robert Markley, Romano Professorial Scholar, University of Illinois In this wonderful book ... Read more

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