Serving Sex: Playing with Prostitution in the Brasseries à femmes of Late Nineteenth-Century Paris.

The article discusses the participation of serving girls as a form of sexual labor within the drinking establishment brasseries a femmes in late nineteenth-century Paris, France. Topics include the perception of serving girls as prostitutes in Paris, how Brasseries a femmes used their female employe...

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Publicado en:Journal of the History of Sexuality Vol. 24; no. 2; pp. 288 - 314
Autor principal: ROSS, ANDREW ISRAEL
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: University of Texas Press May2015
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Sumario:The article discusses the participation of serving girls as a form of sexual labor within the drinking establishment brasseries a femmes in late nineteenth-century Paris, France. Topics include the perception of serving girls as prostitutes in Paris, how Brasseries a femmes used their female employees as strategies for sexual titillation to encourage men to consume and how the cafe was viewed as a site of momentary sexual pleasure.