The Frail Social Body

Pornography, Homosexuality, and Other Fantasies in Interwar France

By:

Carolyn J Dean

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Series:

Studies on the History of Society and Culture

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Following World War I, cultural critics in France - 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. Dean's work demonstrates the importance of this concept of bodily integrity in France and shows how it was ultimately used to define first-class citizenship.

Author Biography:

Carolyn J. Dean is Professor of History at Brown University and author of The Self and Its Pleasures: Bataille, Lacan, and the History of the Decentered Subject (1992) and Sexuality and Modern Western Culture (1996).

Release date NZ

February 16th, 2000

Author

Carolyn J Dean

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Pages

275

Series

Studies on the History of Society and Culture

Dimensions

152x229x25

ISBN-13

9780520219953

Product ID

7698954

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