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Overview2016 IndieFab Honorable Mention in Popular Culture. Mel Gordon, author of Voluptuous Panic, the celebrated history about the sex culture of Weimar Berlin, returns with a stunningly illustrated look at Paris, The City of Pleasure, prior to and during German occupation during World War II. The book Horizontal Collaboration encompasses the Jazz Age, Depression, World War and Occupation, and Liberation. It concludes with the shuttering of the licensed brothels in 1946, which some Parisian intellectuals thought was the final ""destruction of French civilization"". The term ""Horizontal Collaboration"" refers to the sexual liaisons between French civilians and German occupiers from 1940 to 1944. These were extremely widespread and included both individual wartime relationships in addition to prostitution. As Allied armies swept across the French countryside, thousands of young womenand some menwere savagely punished by the authorities or by vigilante crowds, becoming a source of deep national shame. Author Gordon redefines the pejorative term to mean something much broader: French men and women ""horizontally collaborated"" to overcome all social obstacles, divisions, and regulations. These obstacles include married and unmarried couples, straights and homosexuals, foreigners and locals, gun-toting soldiers and their vanquished subjects. The natural yearning for sexual pleasure equally corrupted all cohabitating partners. This book rediscovers a remarkable time when the aesthetic and erotic capitol of Europe experienced remarkable heights and shameful lows. . . . Hundreds of images, most never before seen in a book, encompass this fascinating but little-known history. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Mel GordonPublisher: Feral House,U.S. Imprint: Feral House,U.S. Dimensions: Width: 21.90cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 28.00cm Weight: 0.878kg ISBN: 9781627310178ISBN 10: 1627310177 Pages: 320 Publication Date: 22 October 2015 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsHorizontal Collaboration Table of Content Preface Chapter 1 Paris Plaisirs Chapter 2 Paris is a Woman: Cocottes, GarÇonnes and Poulles Chapter 3 The Fleshpots of Montmartre and Les Halles Chapter 4 Maisons Closes: ""The Shuttered Houses"" Chapter 5 Staging Paris: Nightclubs, Music Halls, and Tourist Traps Chapter 6 Gay Paree Chapter 7 Erotomania Chapter 8 Hitler's Brothel and Liberation Chapter 9 Madam Richard's Crusade Directory of Naughty Paris (1930) Thirty Hotspots BibiograpyReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |