TY - JOUR
TI - « “Nous sommes biches” par vocation ». Vocation (?) d’une demi-mondaine d’après les mémoires de Céleste Mogador, de Cora Pearl et de Rigolboche
AU - Stępińska-Kucza, Zofia
TI - « “Nous sommes biches” par vocation ». Vocation (?) d’une demi-mondaine d’après les mémoires de Céleste Mogador, de Cora Pearl et de Rigolboche
AB - The present paper aims to explore the topic of the vocation of a courtesan in the 19th-century France, by analyzing memoirs of tree demi-mondaines of the time: Céleste Mogador, Cora Pearl and Rigolboche. Does such a vocation exist ? If yes, how can we define this notion ? The first part tries to show that prostitution isn’t chosen by women because of the their inclination to debauchery, but is the result of the failed education and parental abandonment. The second part focuses on the importance of independence in the courtesan’s life, as a part of their vocation, and the manner to gain it.
VL - 2023
IS - Numéro 35
PY - 2023
SN - 2300-4681
C1 - 2353-8953
SP - 27
EP - 44
DO - 10.4467/23538953CE.23.022.18472
UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/cahiers-erta/article/nous-sommes-biches-par-vocation-vocation-dune-demi-mondaine-dapres-les-memoires-de-celeste-mogador-de-cora-pearl-et-de-rigolboche
KW - vocation
KW - courtesan
KW - prostitution
KW - memoirs
KW - liberty