One part of womankind: Prostitution and sexual geography in Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure.

Discusses the theme of prostitution, in the first pornographic novel `Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure,' by John Cleland with the prostitute's body resembling as that of a place to be colonized and a colonizer, reflecting London's preeminence in colonization during the 17th century. Sexual division of labor; Metaphor of a woman's body; Analogy between trade and prostitution.