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So far, the study has focused mainly on late 19th and the first half of the 20th century art. In this part we will ask if there is an evolution during the end of the 20th century to our contemporary times? The goal is to identify a potential reappropriation of prostitutes in their representation, to determine whether or not beyond the artists previously studied, they saw themselves as prostitutes in the same way. The purpose is also to question the problems linked to the stigmatization where...

In june 2012, Najate Vallaud-Belkacem, back then minister in charge of women’s rights and spokesperson of the government, gave an interview (Le JDD) in which she re-asserted France’s “abolitionist stance” in terms of prostitution: “The question is not whether or not we want to abolish prostitution - the answer is yes - but to give us the means to do so.” Actually, the term “abolitionist” emerged in the 19th century and did not mean exactly what it means today. Here, there are three key words...

In this first episode, we are going to navigate from the present to the past and see how past representations and narratives are used to tell something new about the present. As a consequence, if the meanings and implications of the narratives on the figures of feminine  prostitution were built in the 19th and 20th centuries, yet they are very often modified and adapted to present times to fit a new discourse. What are the present uses of such past narratives? What are the several...

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