| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 253 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
NIU series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian studies
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NIU series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian studies.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Policing Russia's public women -- Russia's Babylon: prostitution in St. Petersburg -- Safety valves of social passions": regulating commercial sex -- Tricks of the trade: elite prostitution and the art of seduction -- The dowerless bride on Russia's marriage market -- "Hyenas in bonnets": the madam and her milieu -- Commodifying domestic bliss: the kept woman in Russian fiction -- Continuity through change: sex work from the imperial period to today |
| Summary |
"During the nineteenth century, Russian writers and artists explored the sex worker's trade, creating iconic works of literature and fine art. This book examines how such representations chart growing concerns about the challenge such sexually transgressive women posed to the social order" Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Prostitutes in literature.
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Prostitutes in literature. |
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Prostitutes in art.
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Prostitutes in art. |
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Russian literature -- 19th century -- Social aspects.
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Russian literature. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Subject |
Social aspects. |
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Prostitution -- Social aspects -- Russia.
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Prostitution -- Social aspects. |
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Russia. |
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Prostitution. |
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Prostitution -- Russia -- History -- 19th century.
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History. |
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Sex in literature.
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Sex in literature. |
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Sex in art.
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Sex in art. |
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Russian literature -- Social aspects. |
| Chronological Term |
1800-1899 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Subject |
Female prostitution. |
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Prostitution. |
| Added Title |
Representing prostitution in imperial Russia |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Lucey, Colleen. Love for sale Ithaca [New York] : Northern Illinois University Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2021 9781501758867 (DLC) 2020048401 |
| ISBN |
9781501758881 (electronic book) |
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1501758888 (electronic book) |
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9781501758874 (electronic book) |
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150175887X (electronic book) |
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9781501758867 hardcover |
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