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The economy of prostitution in the Roman world : a study of social history & the brothel /

"This book is a study of the evidence for the business of female prostitution in the Roman world during the central part of Rome's history, a period extending from approximately 200 B.C. to A.D. 250. The main focus is on the economics of venal sex, meaning precisely the manner in which it...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McGinn, Thomas A. J. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, ©2004.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Urban renewal. Design of the book ; Brothels in history ; Definitions ; Plan o f the book.
  • Basic economics. The enterprise of venal sex ; The milieu of prostitution ; Ownership of brothels ; Operation of brothels ; Prices ; Recruitment ; Prostitution and the Roman economy.
  • Zoning shame. Where the boys are ; Bad company ; Christian topography ; Augustinian policy.
  • Honor and erotic art. Pornography as representation ; Things seen and heard ; Women and children first.
  • The forces of law and order. Vice versus squad ; Constructive policy ; Official business ; "Sex clubs".
  • The local demographics of venal sex. Brothels per capita ; Prostitutes per capita ; Sybaris on the Sarno.
  • The great Pompeian brothel-gap. Eminent Victorians ; Counting brothels ; Defining brothel ; Cribs ; Adultery and brothels.
  • The best of all possible brothels. Out of Pompeii ; The name of the rose ; Love shack.
  • The city of Venus. Sex and the city ; Moral geography.
  • Leaving Las Vegas.
  • Appendices: A catalog of possible brothels at Pompeii ; A catalog of possible cribs at Pompeii ; A catalog of possible prostitutes at Pompeii.