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Through the keyhole: A history of sex, space and public modesty in modern France
Through the keyhole A history of sex space and public modesty in modern France
Author: Marcela Iacub, Vinay Swamy
In 1857, a group of young people who had participated in an orgy in a private mansion was sentenced for contempt of public decency (outrage public à la pudeur) because a curious voyeur was able to watch them from the outside through a keyhole. In 1893, students who organised the Quat'z'Arts ball declared a 'war of the nude' against the courts by...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781784991524
ISBN-10: 178499152X
Publication Date: 5/1/2016
Pages: 248
Edition: 1
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Publisher: Manchester University Press
Book Type: Paperback
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