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Credit, Fashion, Sex: Economies of Regard in Old Regime France

Credit, Fashion, Sex: Economies of Regard in Old Regime France

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ISBN10: 0822355132
ISBN13: 9780822355137
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: Oct 23 2013
Pages: 448
Weight: 1.70
Height: 1.40 Width: 6.50 Depth: 9.50
Language: English
In Old Regime France credit was both a central part of economic exchange and a crucial concept for explaining dynamics of influence and power in all spheres of life. Contemporaries used the term credit to describe reputation and the currency it provided in court politics, literary production, religion, and commerce. Moving beyond Pierre Bourdieu's theorization of capital, this book establishes credit as a key matrix through which French men and women perceived their world. As Clare Haru Crowston demonstrates, credit unveils the personal character of market transactions, the unequal yet reciprocal ties binding society, and the hidden mechanisms of political power.

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