Abstract

Drawing on a rich legal dossier on a violation of obscenity laws (the Trafford affair), this article studies the formation of a sex market in early twentieth-century Paris. Books and erotic photographs, contraceptives, sex toys and remedies for increasing sexual potency: the diversity of these products relating to sexual practices is clearly revealed by the case. The dossier demonstrates how this commercial enterprise drew on the benefits of industrialization, mass media and globalization for building its client-base and developing a transnational dimension. It also allows us to understand the strategies deployed to keep the sale of these objects clandestine, in a context where they were increasingly overseen by the authorities, revealing innovative forms of commercial exchange, based on an epistolary transvestism.

中文翻译：

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热门。二十世纪初的性市场剖析

摘要

这篇文章借鉴了关于on亵法律（特拉福德事件）的丰富法律文献，研究了20世纪初巴黎性市场的形成。书籍和色情照片，避孕药具，性玩具以及提高性能力的补救措施：此案清楚地表明了与性行为有关的这些产品的多样性。档案展示了该商业企业如何利用工业化，大众媒体和全球化的好处来建立其客户群并发展跨国业务。它也使我们能够了解在政府日益监督这些物品的情况下，为保持这些物品的秘密销售而采取的策略，这些措施揭示了基于书信异见癖的创新性商业交易形式。