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Bezig met laden... 1000 Dessous: A History of Lingeriedoor Gilles Néret
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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. The Taschen imprint has done a magnificent job in bring together themed collections of visual material which show the historical development of the elements of the erotic human female. Their books are uniformly generously proportioned, perhaps in homage to the bodily generosity of their subject. As the visual appearance of females has traditionally been a response to the male erotic response, and (until recently, at least) the male-dominated perceptions of how society should be, studying fashion developments in female underwear offers a fascinating experience, both sociological and sexological. The complex struggles between bodily comfort, self-image, attraction of the male, and the fashion-driven quest for novelty are here provided with ample illustrations. The book will also appeal in its powerful erotic stimulus, which has been the aim of many of the photographers whose work is featured, and the normal concealment of underwear adds a voyeuristic twist to the visual impact. Without leading the reader (and it should be noted that even the figure captions provide a coherent sub-text) with its interpretation, the book offers nourishing food for thought, and can be highly recommended. ( ) The scope of illustrations in this book is nothing short of amazing: It chronicles the evolution of lingerie through history, beginning with examples from ancient times through the birth of photography all the way to the late 1990's. The photographs are fascinating and sometimes erotic. This book reminded me of several truths: 1. Underwear is not always comfortable 2. Women will forever remain slaves to fashion 3. The female body was one of the first images that men wanted to preserve geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Since the beginning of civilization, women have worn underwear. Justified as protection, or a hygienic necessity, this ""second skin"" was devised to satisfy perverse erotic instincts. A ""trap laid by Venus"" to entertain and stimulate the fantasies of both the woman who wears them and the man who discovers them. Corsets, bras and panties are not utilitarian items -- they are elements in a mystic ritual linking man and woman. They act as an obsessive focus for fantasy, for the sex they conceal is powerless without the decorations and seductions which separate us from it. Pleasure would perish without censorship. Women have always known how to stimulate the latent fetishism of the men around them. Under her dress, a Greek girl of the classical period would wear a belt around her hips which was of no practical use except to draw attention to her feminity. Likewise, the women of Rome already wore garters round their thighs, though the stocking had not yet been invented. In our own century, vamps, starlets, pin-ups and models have filled our cinema screens, our advertising hoardings, our office calendars and our imaginations with the erotic engineering of the garter belt and the surreptitious rustle of nylon stockings. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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