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Purchasing power : representing prostitution in eighteenth-century English popular print culture

Title
Purchasing power : representing prostitution in eighteenth-century English popular print culture / Sophie Carter.
Author
Carter, Sophie, 1970-
Publication
Aldershot, Hants, England ; Burlington, VT, USA : Ashgate, c2004.

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Book/TextUse in library MDBF 06-99Schwarzman Building - Print Collection Room 308
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Description
ix, 211 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Series Statement
British art and visual culture since 1750, new readings
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-203) and index.
Contents
Pornocracy : prostitution in eighteenth-century London -- A harlot's progress : constructing and reading a popular narrative of prostitution -- 'Deceitful kisses' : commodification, consumption and the representation of the prostitute/client relationship -- 'Women are by women ruin'd most' : the role and representation of the bawd -- "This female Proteus' : prostitution, masquerade and the masquerading female body -- 'The new moral arena' : prostitution and popular print culture.
Call Number
JFE 05-5082
ISBN
0754606295
LCCN
2004043650
OCLC
54407639
Author
Carter, Sophie, 1970-
Title
Purchasing power : representing prostitution in eighteenth-century English popular print culture / Sophie Carter.
Imprint
Aldershot, Hants, England ; Burlington, VT, USA : Ashgate, c2004.
Series
British art and visual culture since 1750, new readings
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-203) and index.
Research Call Number
JFE 05-5082
MDBF 06-99
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