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OverviewOut of the libertine literary tradition of eighteenth-century France emerged over a dozen memoir novels of female libertines who eagerly take up sex work as a means of escape from the patriarchal control of fathers and husbands to pursue pleasure, wealth, and personal independence outside the private, domestic sphere. In these anonymously published novels, the heroines proudly declare themselves prostitutes, or putains, and use the desire they arouse, the professional skills they develop, and the network of female friends they create to exploit, humiliate, and financially ruin wealthy and powerful men. In pursuing their desires, the putains challenge contemporary notions of womanhood and expose the injustices of ancien-regime France. Until the French Revolution spelled the end of the genre, these novels proposed not only an appealing libertine utopia in which libertine women enjoy the same benefits as their male counterparts but also entirely new ways of looking at systems of power, gender, and sexuality. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Alistaire TallentPublisher: University of Delaware Press Imprint: University of Delaware Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.313kg ISBN: 9781644533239ISBN 10: 1644533235 Pages: 226 Publication Date: 08 January 2024 Recommended Age: From 18 to 99 years Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Awaiting stock  The supplier is currently out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out for you. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationAlistaire Tallent lives in Colorado Springs, Colorado, where she is associate professor of French at Colorado College. She has published numerous book chapters and articles in such journals as Romance Review, French Forum, and Theatrum historiae. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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