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1	Mirroring the Wu School: Ma Shouzhen's Orchid Painting Yang, Li 11 1900 (has links) Ma Shouzhen (1548-1604), one of the most acclaimed courtesans at the Qinhuai pleasure quarters in the late-Ming period, is well-known for her orchid paintings in Chinese art history. This thesis explores the courtesan-painters success in the courtesan world and in the male-dominated history of Chinese art, with its focus upon the artistic interactions between Ma Shouzhen and her lifelong lover Wang Zhideng (1535-1612), an exponent of the Wu School literati painting. This thesis argues that it was Wang Zhideng in particular who played a crucial role in constructing the courtesans image and position in history. Through Wang Zhidengs interventions, Ma Shouzhen played an intermediary role in the dissemination of art theory advocated by the Wu School artists. The acceptance and popularity of Ma Shouzhens orchid works in the history of Chinese painting mirrors the prominent position of the Wu School in this field. / East Asian Interdisciplinary Studies courtesan artist orchid painting the Wu School
2	Mirroring the Wu School: Ma Shouzhen's Orchid Painting Yang, Li Unknown Date No description available. courtesan artist orchid painting the Wu School
3	RETHINKING THE RENAISSANCE COURTESAN: CONTEMPORARY INTERPRETATION OF THREE PAINTINGS BY TITIAN (TIZIANO VECELLIO, c 1485-1576) YELLIG, CATHERINE L. 02 July 2007 (has links) No description available. Art History Courtesan Titian Venice Cortigiana onesta
4	Illicit Associations in the Global Political Economy: Courtesan Politics, Arms Trafficking and International Security Derghoukassian, Khatchik 09 August 2010 (has links) The accelerated trend of globalization has transformed the traditional role of the state. According to James Mittelman and Robert Johnston, the state is engaged in a courtesan role, which consists in shifting from serving citizens to acting as tacit partners in market relations, including with globally organized criminal groups. Building on the concept of the courtesan role of the state, this study addresses: (a) the general question of direct and indirect connections of states with illicit transactions in the post-Cold War, with a special attention to arms trafficking; (b) the reaction of the United States, as the remaining unique superpower, to the behavior of states associated with global illicit transactions, especially when involving security-sensitive cases such as arms transfer; (c) the security implications of this particular feature of the global illicit economy, particularly how threats are defined in international politics in the post-Cold War unipolar world. Focusing on the Argentina venta de armas case of illicit arms transfer to the Balkans and Ecuador in the 1990s, the research explores (a) the structural conditions and the domestic roots of a state engaged in illegal transactions in the post-Cold War; (b) the superpower's reaction to policies involving illicit transactions; (c) the security consequences. Through these venues, the dissertation aims at refining the debate in IR Theory to provide a better understanding of the international security dynamics in the post-Cold War. Courtesan Politics International Security Arms Trafficking Illicit Economy
5	MAGDALENE IMAGERY AND PROSTITUTION REFORM IN EARLY MODERN VENICE AND ROME, 1500-1700 Geschwind, Rachel L. January 2011 (has links) No description available. Art History Mary Magdalene prostitution reform chapbooks convents courtesan meretrice
6	The late Ming courtesan Ma Shouzhen (1548-1604) : visual culture, gender and self-fashioning in the Nanjing pleasure quarter Merlin, Monica January 2013 (has links) Ma Shouzhen (1548-1604) was a cultured courtesan who lived in the famous pleasure quarter along the Qinhuai River in Nanjing, the southern capital of the Ming dynasty (1368-1644). She was talented in dance and music, painting and poetry, and surprisingly for her time, she was also a playwright. Although she was a celebrity of the prolific Nanjing cultural milieu and there is a good corpus of extant material by and about her, the particular contribution of Ma Shouzhen - her character and her work - have been marginalised, or even neglected, by the previous scholarship. This thesis is a cross-disciplinary study of Ma Shouzhen and is the first in-depth scholarly investigation into the entirety of her activities. It employs material and methods traditionally pertaining to the disciplines of sinology, history, art history, literary and drama studies. The thesis has a dual aim: first, to provide a nuanced understanding of the courtesan, her cultural production and social practice; second, to reclaim the agency and legacy of her character within the cultural milieu of late Ming Nanjing and beyond. These aims will be achieved through two main research objectives: (1) recovering and re-evaluating visual and written sources by and about the courtesan; (2) investigating those sources in order to comprehend her modes of self-representation and strategies of self-fashioning, analysed especially through the lens of gender. The main body of the thesis is composed of an introduction, five core chapters, and an epilogue; the chapters are structured so as to provide as complete a picture of Ma Shouzhen as possible. Chapter Two explores the space of the pleasure quarter, Ma’s biography and its entwinement within the complexities of the historical moment. Chapter Three focuses on her painting, Chapter Four considers her poetry, and Chapter Five explores her theatre practice; Chapter Six extends the investigation to focus on the construction of Ma’s historical character in later decades. In its content and aims, this thesis contributes to women’s and gender history, as well as to studies in visual culture and literature. 759.951
7	Les courtisanes dans la Grèce classique : entre réalité et représentation : approche prosopographique, philologique et rhétorique / The courtesans in Classical Greece : between reality an representation : prosopographical, philological and rhetorical approaches Landau, Cécilia 12 November 2018 (has links) L'objectif de la présente thèse est d'établir un dictionnaire de courtisanes ("hetairai") de la période classique, accompagnée de l'ensemble des textes y faisant référence. Ces sources grecques et latines, écrites de la période classique à la période byzantine, font l'objet d'une traduction française. L'enquête discute également du terme "hetaira" lorsqu'il est associé à une femme de la période classique et étudie les contextes dans lesquels il est employé. Le travail vise à comprendre ce que représente une "hetaira" pour les Grecs et cherche à mettre en lumière les mécanismes qui régissent citoyenneté et non citoyenneté. Le discours social sur ces femmes et leur implication au sein de la société athénienne sont également analysées, notamment à travers l'étude du "contre Nééra". Par l'exhaustivité du corpus, quelques parallèles entre les personnes renommées, telles Aspasie, Laïs ou Phrynê, et d'autres figures moins connues offrent des clés de compréhension pour examiner le degré de singularité d'un parcours. De même, la confrontation de ces femmes à l'univers prostitutionnel interroge la légitimité du lien traditionnellement établi entre "hetairai" et prostitution. / The purpose of this thesis is to offer a Who's who of the courtesans ("hetairai") of the classical period, including all those texts which relate to them written from the classical period to the Byzantine period, in Greek and Latin, with their French translation. The survey also discusses the term "hetaira" when it is associated with a woman from the classical period, and examines the contexts in which it is used. The study seeks to understand what hetaira meant to the Greeks, and te reveal the mecanisms that governed citizenship and non-citizenship. The social discourse regarding women and their involvement in Athenian society is also analyzed, including a study of the "Against Neaera". Because of the exhaustive corpus, several parallels with well-known courtesans, such as Aspasia, Lais, and Phryne, as well as other less well-known people, provide keys to evaluating how original a given career was. At the same time, the comparison of these women with the world of prostitution reconsiders the appropriateness of the link between "hetairai" and prostitution. Aspasie Athènes Citoyenneté Courtisane Discours social Femmes Études sur le genre Grèce classique Hetaira Laïs Nééra Métèque Eslavage Phrynê Pornê Prosopographie Prostitution Rhétorique Aspasia Athens Classical Greece Citizenship Courtesan Gender studies Hetaira Laïs Metic Neaera Phrynê Pornê Prosopography Prostitution Rhetoric Slavery Social discourse Women 488 888 938

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