The frail social body : pornography, homosexuality, and other fantasies in interwar France /
Following World War I, cultural critics in France worked to rehabilitate what was perceived as an unhealthy social body. This study shows how these critics attempted to reconstruct the "bodily integrity" of the nation by pointing to the dangers of homosexuality and pornography.
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Berkeley :
University of California Press,
©2000.
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Colección: | Studies on the history of society and culture ;
36. |
Temas: | |
Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Following World War I, cultural critics in France worked to rehabilitate what was perceived as an unhealthy social body. This study shows how these critics attempted to reconstruct the "bodily integrity" of the nation by pointing to the dangers of homosexuality and pornography. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 263 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-251) and index. |
ISBN: | 9780520923485 0520923480 0585390142 9780585390147 0520219953 9780520219953 |