{"product_id":"love-for-sale-nils-johan-ringdal-9780802141842","title":"Love for Sale: A World History of Prostitution","description":"From the Whore of Babylon to Pretty Woman, the exchange of sex for money is often cited as the oldest profession. Now, eminent historian Nils Johan Ringdal delivers a magisterial, extremely readable world history of this most maligned--and most persistent--form of human commerce. Beginning with the epic of Gilgamesh, the Old Testament, and ancient cultures from Greece to India and beyond, Love for Sale takes the reader on a tour through the entire recorded history of prostitution up to the modern red-light district. It shows how different societies have dealt with prostitutes: ancient Greece, Rome, and India incorporated them into several social echelons, including the priestess class; their close relations with artists in 19th-century Europe made them muses to the modern sensibility; and the Victorians campaigned against them. Love for Sale closes with Sydney Biddle Barrows, the rise of the sex-workers' rights movement and contemporary \"sex-positive\" feminism, and a realistic look at the true risks and rewards of prostitution in the present day.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nils Johan Ringdal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0802141846\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802141842\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Grove Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/18\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.37lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.06h x 6.02w x 1.18d","brand":"Nils Johan Ringdal","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44055929454847,"sku":"9780802141842","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_de9a2e92-d7fd-42da-ba21-79b302a16e26.jpg?v=1685038580","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/love-for-sale-nils-johan-ringdal-9780802141842","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}