Encore -- The frail social body [Electronic book] : pornography, homosexuality, and other fantasies in interwar France / Carolyn J. Dean.

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The frail social body [Electronic book] : pornography, homosexuality, and other fantasies in interwar France / Carolyn J. Dean.

Dean, Carolyn J. (Carolyn Janice), 1960-

EBOOKS | University of California Press | c2000.

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Imprint	Berkeley, [Calif.] ; London : University of California Press, c2000.
Description	1 online resource (xii, 263 p.). Electronic book.
Series	Studies on the history of society and culture ; 36 Studies on the history of society and culture ; 36.
Summary	Following World War I, cultural critics in France worked to rehabilitate what was perceived as an unhealthy social body. This study shows how these critics attempted to reconstruct the "bodily integrity" of the nation by pointing to the dangers of homosexuality and pornography.
Note	Description based on print version record.
Bibliog.	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note	Available through University Press Scholarship Online (SHEDL) Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Access	University staff and students only. Requires University Computer Account login off-campus.
Subject	Pornography -- France. Homosexuality -- France. Sex (Psychology)
Related To	Print version 9780520219953
ISBN	9780520923485 (ebook) :

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