Regulation, the maison de tolerance, and the signs of sex -- Public hygiene, public sex, and public urinals -- On prostitutes and pederasts -- Soliciting in the city : constructing a public sexual culture -- Public sphere/public sex -- Selling the pleasures of Paris.
Summary:
"In the nineteenth century, Paris was redesigned in ways intended to exercise social control over its citizens. This effort to control certain kinds of interactions, however, created new spaces that female prostitutes and men who sought sex with other men could use for public sex"-- Provided by publisher.
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