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Between the sheets : sexuality, classified advertising, and the moral threat to press freedom in France /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Frydman, Hannah, 1990- (Author)
Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2025.
Subjects:
Sex > Social aspects > France > History > 19th century.
Sex > Social aspects > France > History > 20th century.
Advertising, Classified > Social aspects > France > History > 19th century.
Advertising, Classified > Social aspects > France > History > 20th century.
Advertising, Classified > Moral and ethical aspects > France > History > 19th century.
Advertising, Classified > Moral and ethical aspects > France > History > 20th century.
Sexualité > Aspect social > France > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Sexualité > Aspect social > France > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Petites annonces > Aspect social > France > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Petites annonces > Aspect social > France > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Petites annonces > Aspect moral > France > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Petites annonces > Aspect moral > France > Histoire > 20e siècle.
HISTORY / Europe / France
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: The newspaper's counter-civilization
  • Part one: Corrupting freedom. 1. Sexing the classifieds
  • Interlude I. Marie Bigot (1897)
  • 2. Obscenity, an invisible target
  • Part two: Omnipresent perversity. 3. Trafficking in the press
  • Interlude II. Mme Hélia (the magician) (1913)
  • 4. The queer potential of the "straight" press
  • Part three: the end of the queer classifieds. 5. Birthing a new moral order
  • Interlude III. Doctoresse Pelletier (1939)
  • 6. Back on the straight and narrow
  • Conclusion: Sanitizing the internet's countercivilization.