Merchants of Love with Dr. Andrea Mansker
Con artists or merchants of love? Dr. Andrea Mansker talks about professional matchmakers in 19th century Paris.
Today’s special episode is an interview with Dr. Andrea Mansker. Mansker is the David E. Underdown Professor of Modern European History at the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee. Specializing in French cultural and gender history, her research interests range from the history of marriage, reproduction, war, and consumerism in postrevolutionary France to gendered codes of honor and citizenship during the Third Republic. Today we are discussing her book, Matchmaking and the Marriage Market in Postrevolutionary France (Cornell University Press, 2024), which was completed with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Appalachian College Association. This work is all about the rise of professional matchmaking services in 19th century Paris. Were these matchmakers charlatans or genuine merchants of love? Listen and find out!
Dr. Andrea Mansker
Dr. Andrea Mansker is the David E. Underdown Professor of Modern European History at the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee. Specializing in French cultural and gender history, her research interests range from the history of marriage, reproduction, war, and consumerism in postrevolutionary France to gendered codes of honor and citizenship during the Third Republic. Today we are discussing her book, Matchmaking and the Marriage Market in Postrevolutionary France (Cornell University Press, 2024), which was completed with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Appalachian College Association.