Poissarde, Pêcheuse
In eighteenth-century France a literary genre grew out of ridiculing and caricaturing women who sold fish at the market: le genre poissard. The women’s speech, manners, and social class were targeted. Fear and admiration of [...]
In eighteenth-century France a literary genre grew out of ridiculing and caricaturing women who sold fish at the market: le genre poissard. The women’s speech, manners, and social class were targeted. Fear and admiration of [...]