City of Pleasure - Paris between the Wars

After the austerity, horror and bloodshed of World War I, France longed for joy, light- heartedness, and sexual freedom. Men and newly emancipated women alike rejected pre- war values and moral restraints. They embraced new lifestyles, and discovered a lust for extravagance, partying, and erotic experimentation that had the inter-war era known as the Roaring Twenties, or the mad years, and Paris as the City of Pleasure.
In this uncensored and fascinating photographic record of the period, historian Alexandre Dupouy pulls backs the bedcovers on Pariss eye-opening erotic life, revealing the delights
of its fetish scene, its licensed brothels and gay nightclubs, the first sext shop chains, erotic photography, pornography, and much more. This is an uncensored, titillating, and utterly fascinating look at the sexual excesses of the inter-war period in what was arguably the worlds most decadent city.

Info autore

Alexandre Dupouy is a bookseller and collector who has been a leading authority on under-the-counter culture for almost 50 years, and has written and contributed to numerous books in his native France. He is the proud owner of the Parisian emporium Larmes d'Éros.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Alexandre Dupouy
• Editore: Gingko Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 01.10.2022
• EAN: 9781912740055
• ISBN: 978-1-912740-05-5
• Pagine: 176
• Dimensioni: 198 mm x 20 mm x 252 mm
• Peso: 796 g
• Illustrazioni: 100 Abb.
• Categorie: Guide e manuali > Mangiare e bere > Cucinare al forno; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Fotografia, cinematografia, video, TV