Essential Workers of the Palais-Royal: Prostitution and the Public Good in French Revolutionary Drama

IF 0.4 3区社会学 N/A HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY STUDIES Pub Date : 2023-09-01 DOI:10.1353/ecs.2023.a909453

Cecilia Feilla

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Abstract

Abstract: From 1789 to 1792, the issue of prostitution was absent from parliamentary debates, policy agendas, and journalism in France. This article looks to theater and pamphlet literature instead for examples that break the silence around prostitution, with special emphasis on the play, Le Serment civique des demoiselles fonctionnaires publiques du Palais-Royal (1791), in which prostitutes debate their status and duty in relation to a new Revolutionary decree on public workers. Using print and performance to intervene in public discourse and promote their interests, prostitutes of the Palais-Royal are shown as crafting a notion of citizenship based not on a discourse of natural rights, as prominent feminist activists of the period did, but rather based on their contribution to the public good as essential workers for the nation.

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皇家宫殿的基本工人:法国大革命戏剧中的卖淫和公共利益

摘要:从1789年到1792年，卖淫问题在法国的议会辩论、政策议程和新闻报道中都缺席。本文着眼于戏剧和小册子文学，以寻找打破围绕卖淫沉默的例子，特别强调戏剧，Le Serment civique des demoiselles公车功能，du Palais-Royal(1791)，其中妓女辩论她们的地位和责任与新的革命法令有关。通过印刷品和表演来介入公共话语并促进她们的利益，皇家宫殿的妓女们正在塑造一种公民观念，这种公民观念不是基于自然权利的话语，而是基于她们作为国家必不可少的工人对公共利益的贡献，而不是像当时杰出的女权主义活动家那样。

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