02616nam 22006134a 450 991045482830332120200520144314.00-520-92348-01-59734-619-5(CKB)111056485639848(EBL)223666(OCoLC)475928759(SSID)ssj0000277409(PQKBManifestationID)11214339(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000277409(PQKBWorkID)10233443(PQKB)10549259(StDuBDS)EDZ0000056128(MiAaPQ)EBC223666(Au-PeEL)EBL223666(CaPaEBR)ebr10051549(EXLCZ)9911105648563984819990201d2000 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe frail social body[electronic resource] pornography, homosexuality, and other fantasies in interwar France /Carolyn J. DeanBerkeley University of California Pressc20001 online resource (276 p.)Studies on the history of society and culture ;36Description based upon print version of record.0-520-21995-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-251) and index.Preliminaries; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Pornography and Perversion; 2. Pornography, Literature, and the Redemption of Virility; 3. The Great War, Pornography, and the Violated Social Body; 4. The Making of Gay Male Sexuality; 5. The Making of Lesbian Sexuality; Epilogue; Select Bibliography; IndexAmid 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.Studies on the history of society and culture ;36.PornographyFranceHomosexualityFranceSex (Psychology)Electronic books.PornographyHomosexualitySex (Psychology)306.76/6/0944Dean Carolyn J(Carolyn Janice),1960-932531MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454828303321The frail social body2098457UNINA