Abstract
This article examines the economic, cultural, and political role of credit in Old Regime France through the career of the fashion merchant Rose Bertin. It adresses three aspects of Bertin's credit practices: her involvement in networks of trade credit, her use of reputation as a form of credit, and the way critics used her credit relations with Marie-Antoinette to discredit the political economy of the Old Regime. Using Bertin as a case study, the article reveals women's involvement in multiple facets of credit and underlines the practical and conceptual links between credit and other gendered forms of circulation, such as fashion and sex.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 92-116 |
| Number of pages | 25 |
| Journal | Gender and History |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2002 |
| Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Gender Studies
- Geography, Planning and Development
- History
- Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)