Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 253 pages) : illustrations |
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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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 |
Analysis |
Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment, Tolstoy's Anna Karenina, Russian prostitution, women in Russian literature, prostitution in Russian culture |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
In English |
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Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 23, 2021) |
Subject |
Prostitutes in literature.
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Prostitutes in art.
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Russian literature -- 19th century -- Social aspects
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Prostitution -- Social aspects -- Russia
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Prostitution -- Russia -- History -- 19th century
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Sex in literature.
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Sex in art.
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Prostitutes in art
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Prostitutes in literature
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Prostitution
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Prostitution -- Social aspects
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Russian literature -- Social aspects
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Sex in art
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Sex in literature
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HISTORY / Russia & the Former Soviet Union.
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Russia
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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LC no. |
2020048402 |
ISBN |
9781501758881 |
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1501758888 |
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9781501758874 |
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150175887X |
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