La Seduction
How the French Play the Game of Life
New York : Times Books, 2011.
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 338 pages, 16 unnumbered pages] pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Reveals the role of seduction in French culture while explaining how crucial the game of seduction is to understanding France, identifying seduction as a key ideology that shapes how the French conduct business, politics, and relationships.
Contents:
So very French. Liberte, egalite, seduction -- The seductive country -- It's not about the sex -- Prolonging the moment. La belle France -- Intellectual foreplay -- You never know -- Make friends with your butcher -- Written on the body. The allure of the flesh -- The temptation of scent -- The gastronomic orgasm -- Seduction and public life. Hide in plain sight -- La pipe and le cigare -- Bon courage, chouchou -- The civilizing mission -- The end of the affair. Seduce or die -- Epilogue: the dinner party.
ISBN:
9780805091151
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
SOCIAL SCI Cultures Sci | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [309]-319) and index.