The Frail Social Body: Pornography, Homosexuality, and Other Fantasies in Interwar France Volume 36

by Carolyn J. Dean

Book Overview

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. Dean's provocative work demonstrates the importance of this...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520219953
• ISBN13: 9780520219953
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 275 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.5" x 9.3"