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Re: QUERY. LO's fifties context (fwd)
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Date: Sat, 28 Mar 1998 16:16:51 -0800
From: Thomas Braun <cawriter@sprynet.com>
To: Vladimir Nabokov Forum <NABOKV-L@UCSBVM.UCSB.EDU>
Cc: ronal@uclink.berkeley.edu
Subject: Re: QUERY. LO's fifties context (fwd)
QUERY:>
> From: Ronald Avram Alcalay <ronal@uclink.berkeley.edu>
>
>
> I'm writing about how Nabokov satirizes Americans' puritanical attitudes
> toward sex in Lolita. Can anyone out there can refer me to some readings
> about the American cultural context for Lolita in the 1950s, particularly
> the attitudes toward sex, or the language of sex at the time?
>
> Many thanks, Ron
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RESPONSE:
As part of its multi-part "History of the Sexual Revolution" series, in
its February 1998 issue Playboy magazine published a lengthy article
concerning American sex in the 1950s. The article is by James R.
Petersen, and is an excellent overview of the topic. Also, several
chapters in David Halberstam's marvelous "The Fifties" examine the
matter.
Thomas E. Braun
cawriter@sprynet.com
Date: Sat, 28 Mar 1998 16:16:51 -0800
From: Thomas Braun <cawriter@sprynet.com>
To: Vladimir Nabokov Forum <NABOKV-L@UCSBVM.UCSB.EDU>
Cc: ronal@uclink.berkeley.edu
Subject: Re: QUERY. LO's fifties context (fwd)
QUERY:>
> From: Ronald Avram Alcalay <ronal@uclink.berkeley.edu>
>
>
> I'm writing about how Nabokov satirizes Americans' puritanical attitudes
> toward sex in Lolita. Can anyone out there can refer me to some readings
> about the American cultural context for Lolita in the 1950s, particularly
> the attitudes toward sex, or the language of sex at the time?
>
> Many thanks, Ron
-------------------------------------------------------------
RESPONSE:
As part of its multi-part "History of the Sexual Revolution" series, in
its February 1998 issue Playboy magazine published a lengthy article
concerning American sex in the 1950s. The article is by James R.
Petersen, and is an excellent overview of the topic. Also, several
chapters in David Halberstam's marvelous "The Fifties" examine the
matter.
Thomas E. Braun
cawriter@sprynet.com