By the end of the nineteenth century, women had become an
undeniable force both in the public discussion of social life and
in politics itself. Yet in art and literature women's bodies
continued to be represented-- and domesticated-- by men. They were
still more often the object of the artist's or writer's gaze than
they were the subject of their own representing processes. The
erotic potential of women's bodies, however, was far from a
marginal concern in the elaboration of modern forms of politics,
art, literature, and psychology.
In "Eroticism and the Body Politic," scholars from art history,
history, and literature examine the frequent intersections between
the body erotic and the body politic. Focusing on eighteenth- and
nineteenth-century France, they show how eroticized representations
of bodies had a multitude of political and cultural meanings. The
authors consider the eroticized body in a wide variety of media:
from Fragonard's paintings of "erotic mothers," to political
pornography attacking Marie Antoinette, to the "new woman" of
fin-de-siecle decorative arts.
Exploring the possibilities of a multidisiplinary approach, the
volume shows that eroticism had an impact far beyond the usual
confines of libertine or pornographic literature-- and that
politics included much more than voting, meeting, or demonstrating.
At a time of general methodological ferment in the "human
sciences," "Eroticism and the Body Politic" brings fresh approaches
to the developing field of cultural studies.
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