The World of Elite Prostitution in Eighteenth-Century Paris
by
Nina Kushner
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2013
In Erotic Exchanges, Nina Kushner reveals the complex world of elite prostitution in eighteenth-century Paris—the demimonde—by focusing on the professional mistresses who dominated it. These dames entretenues exchanged sex, company, and sometimes even love for being "kept." Most of these women...