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Berlin Coquette: Prostitution and the New German Woman, 1890–1933
Jill Suzanne Smith
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Description for Berlin Coquette: Prostitution and the New German Woman, 1890–1933
Paperback. Series: Signale: Modern German Letters, Cultures, and Thought. Num Pages: 236 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLL; JFMX; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 370.
During the late nineteenth century the city of Berlin developed such a reputation for lawlessness and sexual licentiousness that it came to be known as the "Whore of Babylon." Out of this reputation for debauchery grew an unusually rich discourse around prostitution. In Berlin Coquette, Jill Suzanne Smith shows how this discourse transcended the usual clichés about prostitutes and actually explored complex visions of alternative moralities or sexual countercultures including the "New Morality" articulated by feminist radicals, lesbian love, and the "New Woman."
Combining extensive archival research with close readings of a broad spectrum of texts and images from the ... Read more
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Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Series
Signale: Modern German Letters, Cultures, and Thought
Condition
New
Weight
369g
Number of Pages
236
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9780801478345
SKU
V9780801478345
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About Jill Suzanne Smith
Jill Suzanne Smith is Associate Professor of German at Bowdoin College.
Reviews for Berlin Coquette: Prostitution and the New German Woman, 1890–1933
Berlin Coquette is well written—an ever-rarer feature of academic writing, it seems—and well researched (Smith's footnotes are especially impressive).... This is an important contribution to a variety of fields (German studies, gender studies, history, urban studies, and theater/film studies come immediately to mind) and certainly one that will change the way we understand prostitution.
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