Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. ILLUSTRATIONS xi
5. Introduction 1
6. 1 Setting the Scene 10
7. 2 Theater Women and Aristocratic Libertinism, 1715–1789 33
8. 3 Defining the Modern Gender Order, 1760–1815 59
9. 4 Magdalenes of Postaristocratic France, 1815–1848 84
10. 5 The Erotic Culture of the Stage 104
11. 6 The Struggle against Pornocracy, 1848–1880 135
12. 7 Imagining Republican Actresses, 1880–1914 159
13. 8 Performing a Self 182
14. 9 From Notorious Women to Intimate Strangers 209
15. Conclusion 237
16. Notes 243
17. Index 295