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Bezig met laden... Bloot geven : een onthullend boek over erotische ervaringen van mannen en vrouwen die de seksuele revolutie beleefden (1975)door Gay Talese
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Not at all what I expected this to be. I wish I read it when it originally came out, but I am not sure I would have really appreciated it. As it is, it's a time capsule, a reflection of what we used to be. Extremely well written. ( ) A fascinating history of many of the players in the post WWII era of sexuality in the USA, as well as some of the ore famous precursors from the late 1800's. Detailed biographies of many important figures in obscenity trials as well as free love supporters. And includes an index! It does ramble a bit, as it provides much background info on major and minor characters. Written over 40 years ago, it provides an interesting comment on how much, and how little, the social control over sex has changed during this time. I recently read Talese's history of and report on the sexual revolution. As I recall, this book created quite a stir when it was published; I didn't read it then, and coming upon it now, decades after it was written, what strikes me most is the distance and dispassion with which Talese examines such things as the creation of "Playboy" magazine, wife-swapping, and swinging. Letting the facts speak for themselves, he paints a portrait of a "revolution" which empowers men to exploit women, although those are not words Talese every uses. This book is perhaps the first to explore what became our contemporary, pornography-pervaded popular culture.
Talese’s book was seen as unforgivably sordid in its day (for its reportorial methods as well as for its subject matter), but today Thy Neighbor’s Wife is fascinating for how tragic it all seems, how unfulfilled the expectations of so many of its protagonists ultimately remained. Wordt op gereageerd inOnderscheidingen
The provocative classic work newly updated An intimate personal odyssey across America's changing sexual landscape When first published, Gay Talese's 1981 groundbreaking work, Thy Neighbor's Wife, shocked a nation with its powerful, eye-opening revelations about the sexual activities and proclivities of the American public in the era before AIDS. A marvel of journalistic courage and craft, the book opened a window into a new world built on a new moral foundation, carrying the reader on a remarkable journey from the Playboy Mansion to the Supreme Court, to the backyards and bedrooms of suburbia--through the development of the porn industry, the rise of the "swinger" culture, the legal fight to define obscenity, and the daily sex lives of "ordinary" people. It is the book that forever changed the way Americans look at themselves and one another. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)306.7Social sciences Social Sciences; Sociology and anthropology Culture and Institutions Relations between the sexes, sexualities, loveLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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