Tag Archives: Jean Beraud

BANNING THE CORSET: PANTALOON LIBERATION FRONT

Banning the corset and into the harem. Read my Body. “From the idea that the self is not given to us, I think that there is only practical consequence, we have to create ourselves as a work of art.” ( … Continue reading

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THERE GOES THE NEIGHBORHOOD

In Marcel Proust’s ”Remembrance of Things Past”, there is a strong sense of familiarity making the narrator lose the sense of ecstasy he felt when the Faubourg was out of reach; that impenetrable social enclave on the right bank of … Continue reading

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FAMILIARITY BREEDS CONTEMPT

Almost all of Marcel Proust’s novel ”Remembrance of Things Past” takes place in Paris. The presence of the city saturates the novel the way moisture saturates the air and determines its atmospheric pressure. There is likely no other city as … Continue reading

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