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Bodies and souls : the tragic plight of three Jewish women forced into prostitution in the Americas / Isabel Vincent.
LIBRA F2646.9.J4 V56 2005
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Vincent, Isabel, 1965-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jewish women--Brazil--Rio de Janeiro--Social conditions.
- Jewish women.
- Jewish women--Argentina--Buenos Aires--Social conditions.
- Prostitution--Brazil--Rio de Janeiro.
- Prostitution.
- Prostitution--Argentina--Buenos Aires.
- Social conditions.
- Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)--Social conditions.
- Rio de Janeiro (Brazil).
- Buenos Aires (Argentina)--Social conditions.
- Buenos Aires (Argentina).
- Argentina--Buenos Aires.
- Brazil--Rio de Janeiro.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 276 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : William Morrow, [2005]
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Gentlemen from America 17
- Chapter 2 The End of the World 47
- Chapter 3 The Streets of the Women 78
- Chapter 4 The Queen 108
- Chapter 5 The Work of Sisyphus 139
- Chapter 6 The Miracle 169
- Chapter 7 "Burning Ground" 199
- Epilogue: "The Jews of the Jews" 220.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-264) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0060090235
- OCLC:
- 58599849
- Publisher Number:
- 9780060090234
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