Berlin Coquette — Smith Baby In this first book-length study

In this first book-length study of Shen in English

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Questions for Consideration

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Berlin Coquette — Smith Baby In this first book-length studyBy Jill Suzanne Smith Associate Professor of German During the late nineteenth century the city of Berlin developed such a reputation for lawlessness and sexual licentiousness that it came to be known as the Whore of Babylon. Out of this reputation for debauchery grew an unusually rich discourse around prostitution. In Berlin Coquette, Jill Suzanne Smith shows how this discourse transcended the usual clichs about prostitutes and actually explored