The frail social body pornography, homosexuality, and other fantasies in interwar France
Amid the national shame and subjugation following World War I in France, cultural critics there--journalists, novelists, doctors, and legislators, among others--worked to rehabilitate what was perceived as an unhealthy social body. Carolyn J. Dean shows how these critics attempted to reconstruct the...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press
c2000.
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| Edition: | 1st ed |
| Series: | Studies on the history of society and culture ;
36. |
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798016606719 |
| Summary: | Amid the national shame and subjugation following World War I in France, cultural critics there--journalists, novelists, doctors, and legislators, among others--worked to rehabilitate what was perceived as an unhealthy social body. Carolyn J. Dean 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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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (276 p.) Issued also in print |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-251) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780520923485 9781597346191 |
