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Eroticism and Photography in 1930s French Magazines Risqué Shop Windows

By Alix Agret Copyright 2023
254 Pages 11 Color & 61 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

254 Pages 11 Color & 61 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

254 Pages 11 Color & 61 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Drawing on a panorama of materials from 1930s France, Eroticism and Photography in 1930s French Magazines takes a new approach to studying a certain type of image from a certain time. Previously untapped by historians, magazines such as Paris Magazine , Paris Sex Appeal , Pages Folles , Pour lire à deux , and Scandale are inscribed in the context of the interwar years. They reflect that... Read more
1. Contextualising Paris Magazine  2. Reading Paris Magazine  3. Watching Paris Magazine  4. Consuming Paris Magazine  5. The Magazines Colonial Unconscious  6. When Art Meets Erotic Magazines  Epilogue

Biography

Alix Agret is an art historian. She holds an MA from the Courtauld and a PhD in fine arts from the Royal College of Art. She regularly writes in art magazines and exhibition catalogues. She currently works at the Musée Matisse in Nice.