{"product_id":"the-reinvention-of-obscenity-sex-lies-tabloids-in-early-modern-france-sex-lies-and-tabloids-in-early-modern-france-9780226141404","title":"The Reinvention of Obscenity  Sex Lies  Tabloids","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe concept of obscenity is an ancient one. But as Joan deJean suggests, its modern form, the same that today's politicians decry, was invented in 17th century France. This work also casts a fresh light on the mythical link between sexual impropriety and all things French.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Joan DeJean's new book is a fascinating study that like so much of her work identifies some of the sources of our own modernity in practices and concepts that emerged and took characteristic form in seventeenth-century France. It is masterfully written, beautifully conceived, convincingly argued, tellingly organized, and a delight to read.\" - Ross Chambers, author of The Writing of Melancholy: Modes of Opposition in Early French Modernism","brand":"The University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51036489417047,"sku":"9780226141404","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-reinvention-of-obscenity-sex-lies-tabloids-in-early-modern-france-sex-lies-and-tabloids-in-early-modern-france-9780226141404","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}