The Fallen Veil: A Literary and Cultural History of the Photographic Nude in Nineteenth-Century France

Raisa Adah Rexer

Published by University of Pennsylvania Press 2021

The Fallen Veil

A Literary and Cultural History of the Photographic Nude in Nineteenth-Century France

Raisa Adah Rexer

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https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812297850

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About this book

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.

Author / Editor information

Raisa Adah Rexer is Assistant Professor of French at Vanderbilt University.

Reviews

"Raisa Rexer makes a compelling case for the cultural significance of these peculiarly sensitive, occasionally troubling images. Sober and scholarly without ever being prudish or pious, she guides us with insight, good taste, and even humor, through a seedy world."—Andrew Counter, University of Oxford

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
PART I The Second Empire
Chapter 1 Art, Obscenity, and Censorship: 1839–1870 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter 2 The Judgment of Phryne, or, The Model’s Meaning Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	44
Chapter 3 Baudelaire’s Bodies Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	72
Chapter 4 Manette Salomon and Anti- Modernity Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	96
PART II The Third Republic
Chapter 5 The Rise of an International Industry: 1870–1900 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	123
Chapter 6 The Dangerous Streets Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	163
Chapter 7 Nana in the Nude Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	185
Chapter 8 Maizeroy and the Feminist Photo- Novel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	209
Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	237
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	243
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	275
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	289
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	299

Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 328
Illustrations
- Other: 87 halftones
Keywords: Literature; Cultural Studies; Cultural Studies; European History; World History

eBook

Published: March 12, 2021
ISBN: 9780812297850