Lust, tranquillity and sensuality in French spa towns in the heyday of balneotherapy (the belle époque and the roaring twenties)

French spa resorts had their heyday from 1875 to 1915. During this era, the aristocracy and the bourgeoisie would flock to the spa towns. On the pretext of maintaining their health, this clientele was in fact mainly in search of hedonism, idleness and frivolity. There were two reasons for this. One...

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Main Author: Marie-Eve Férérol
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Association Via@ 2018-05-01
Series:Via@
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/viatourism/1763