Infamous Commerce

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In Infamous Commerce, Laura J. Rosenthal uses literature 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. In the context of extensive research into printed accounts of both male and female prostitution—among them sermons, popular prostitute biographies, satire, pornography, brothel guides, reformist writing, and travel narratives—Rosenthal offers in-depth readings of Samuel Richardson's Clarissa and Pamela and the responses to the latter novel (including Eliza Haywood's Anti-Pamela), Bernard Mandeville's defenses of prostitution, Daniel Defoe's Roxana, Henry Fielding's Tom Jones, and travel journals about the voyages of Captain Cook to the South Seas. Throughout, Rosenthal considers representations of the prostitute's own sexuality (desire, revulsion, etc.) to be key parts of the changing meaning of "the oldest profession."

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Genre : Literary Criticism
Author : Laura J. Rosenthal
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Release : 2015-03-19
File : 405 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9780801454349


The Hot Springs Medical Journal

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Genre : Medicine
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Release : 1896
File : 460 Pages
ISBN-13 : UOM:39015070329381


The Cincinnati Lancet Clinic

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Genre : Medicine
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Release : 1895
File : 816 Pages
ISBN-13 : UOM:39015070548576


Cincinnati Lancet And Clinic

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Release : 1895
File : 800 Pages
ISBN-13 : HARVARD:HC3WAV


House Documents

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Release : 1889
File : 1016 Pages
ISBN-13 : BSB:BSB11733362


The Chautauquan

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Author : Theodore L. Flood
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Release : 1890
File : 810 Pages
ISBN-13 : UOM:39015074638662


Life Of Alexander Hamilton

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Genre : United States
Author : John Church Hamilton
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Release : 1879
File : 612 Pages
ISBN-13 : HARVARD:32044097910210


Venezuelan Documents Nos 1 3

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Genre : Guyana
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Release : 1896
File : 816 Pages
ISBN-13 : UCAL:$B97960


Documents Relating To The Question Of Boundary Between Venezuela And British Guyana

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Genre : Guyana
Author : Venezuela
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Release : 1896
File : 812 Pages
ISBN-13 : UIUC:30112106291559


Documents Relating To The Question Of Boundary Between Venezuela And British Guayana

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Genre : Guyana
Author : Venezuela
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Release : 1896
File : 812 Pages
ISBN-13 : MINN:31951001988475F