Greek Prostitutes in the Ancient Mediterranean by Allison Glazebrook PAPERBACK

Greek Prostitutes in the Ancient Mediterranean 800 BCE200 CE\nby Allison Glazebrook\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Allison Glazebrook\nTitle: Greek Prostitutes in the Ancient Mediterranean 800 BCE200 CE\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Gender studies: women and girls\nPublisher: MP-WIS Uni of Wisconsin\nPublication year: 2011\nISBN-13: 9780299235642\nISBN-10: 0299235645\nRRP: \u00A322.95\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nChallenges the often-romanticised view of the prostitute as an urbane and liberated courtesan by examining the social and economic realities of the sex industry in Greco-Roman culture. Departing from the conventional focus on elite society, these essays consider the Greek prostitute as displaced foreigner, slave, and member of an urban underclass.\n\nChalle.