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Amours
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Alors que la plupart des animaux se reproduisent sans installer de relations stables entre les partenaires sexuels, l'humanité, depuis qu'elle s'est formée, il y a plus de cent mille ans, a ritualisé la relation entre les hommes et les femmes. D'abord organisée pour permettre la survie du groupe, cette relation a évolué vers une affirmation du désir libre des partenaires, dégagé des exigences de la reproduction. De société en société, tous les modes possibles de relations entre les hommes et les femmes ont été essayés : mise en commun des femmes, des hommes ou des enfants ; polyandrie, polygynie, amour courtois, mariage durable, mariage fugace, célibat, relations multiples. Tous les interdits ont été imposés, de celui de l'inceste ou de la zoophilie à celui de la pédophilie ou de l'homosexualité, entre tant d'autres. A l'inverse, pas un de ces interdits qui n'ait été fortement recommandé par d'autres sociétés, glorifiant le mariage entre frères et soeurs, entre père et fille, entre enfants.

Aujourd'hui, les technologies, en permettant d'aller vers l'amour virtuel, le clonage et l'utérus artificiel, ouvrent des perspectives vertigineuses...

Ce livre, illustré de nombreuses photos rares, est un voyage dans cette histoire. Il en raconte les formes les plus passionnantes ; s'y croisent tribus polyandres de Chine et rituels homosexuels de Nouvelle-Guinée, femmes des harems d'Arabie et maris multiples de femmes du Tibet, prostituées d'Amérique et geishas japonaises, maîtres de l'érotisme indien et disciples des pratiques chinoises, familles bourgeoises et trios homosexuels. Et, au delà de ces formes passées ou encore existantes, bien d'autres à venir.
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Additional ISBN/GTIN9782213641492
Product TypeE-book
BindingE-book
FormatEPUB
Format noteDRM Adobe
FormatE101
PublisherFayard
Publishing date07/11/2007
SeriesDocuments
LanguageFrench
File size14132 Kbytes
Article no.12145942
CatalogsVC
Data source no.4426651
Product groupBU562
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Âgée de 39 ans, Stéphanie Bonvicini est journaliste depuis plus de quinze ans. Elle anime depuis janvier 2007 une émission hebdomadaire sur la chaîne Public Sénat, co-produit chaque été depuis 2005 une émission sur France Culture, et collabore aux dossiers du Canard Enchaîné. Stéphanie Bonvicini est l'auteur de la biographie Louis Vuitton, une saga française (Fayard, 2004), et d'une entrée dans le Dictionnaire culturel du tissu de Régis Debray (Editions Babylone/ Fayard, 2005). Elle signe avec Jacques Attali son dernier ouvrage, Amours, beau livre illustré sur l'histoire des relations entre les hommes et les femmes (Fayard, 2007).

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