Berlin Coquette
Jill Suzanne Smith
ISBN: | 9780801469695 |
Publisher: | Cornell University Press and Cornell University Library |
Published: | 28 February, 2014 |
Format: | ePub |
Berlin Coquette
Jill Suzanne Smith
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' a
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