| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 300 pages) : illustrations |
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Material Texts |
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Material texts.
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| Contents |
Cover -- THE FALLEN VEIL -- Title -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- PART I The Second Empire -- CHAPTER 1 Art, Obscenity, and Censorship: 1839-1870 -- CHAPTER 2 The Judgment of Phryne, or, The Model's Meaning -- CHAPTER 3 Baudelaire's Bodies -- CHAPTER 4 Manette Salomon and Anti-Modernity -- PART II The Third Republic -- CHAPTER 5 The Rise of an International Industry: 1870-1900 -- CHAPTER 6 The Dangerous Streets -- CHAPTER 7 Nana in the Nude -- CHAPTER 8 Maizeroy and the Feminist Photo-Novel -- Conclusion -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS |
| Summary |
Between 1839 and the end of the nineteenth century, millions of nude photographs of the female form were produced in France. Drawing upon government records, legal decisions, newspaper accounts, and contemporary literature, Raisa Adah Rexer recounts the history of these images and elucidates their immense cultural and artistic reach |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 11, 2021) |
| Subject |
Literature and photography -- France -- History -- 19th century
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French literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism
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Photography of the nude -- History -- 19th century
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Photography -- Social aspects -- History -- 19th century
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Nude in art -- History -- 19th century
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- French.
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French literature
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Literature and photography
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Nude in art
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Photography of the nude
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Photography -- Social aspects
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France
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0812297857 |
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9780812297850 |
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