Pornographers, Hacks, and Blackmailers in Interwar France : Obscene Reading and Writing in the Third Republic.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cocks, H.G., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Erotica.

Pornography.

France--History.

France.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (324 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), 2024.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2024.

System Details:

text file HTML

Summary:

A study of obscene literature and journalism in 20th century France which is focused on the perspective of a history of reading and literary production.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title

Copyright

Contents

Figures

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

Introduction: 'Simili-obscène'

1 'Pornography' and its opponents, 1900-39

2 Pornography and the paranoid style

3 'C'est Français': Selling Parisiana, gauloiserie, and the idea of France

4 The world of the presse grivoise

5 Pornographers, hacks, and blackmailers, or how to live well in interwar Paris

6 Pierre Vachet and popular sex science

Conclusion: The twilight of gauloiserie?

Notes

3 'C'est Français': Selling Parisiana, gauloiserie, and the idea of Franc

Select bibliography

Index.

ISBN:

9781350459212

1350459216

9781350459229

1350459224

9781350459236

1350459232

OCLC:

1458758180