Satirotica
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'''Satirotica''' is the use of [[pornography]] as [[political satire]] used to [[subvert]] the [[establishment]]. | '''Satirotica''' is the use of [[pornography]] as [[political satire]] used to [[subvert]] the [[establishment]]. | ||
==On the eve of the French Revolution== | ==On the eve of the French Revolution== | ||
- | :''[[Fureurs utérines de Marie-Antoinette]]'' | + | :''[[Fureurs utérines de Marie-Antoinette]], [[Le Godemiché Royale]]'' |
During the [[Age of Enlightenment|Enlightenment]], on the eve of the [[French Revolution]], many of the French [[free-thinker]]s began to exploit [[pornography]] as a medium of social criticism and [[satire]]. [[Libertine]] pornography was a subversive social commentary and often targeted the [[Roman Catholic Church|Catholic Church]] and the monarchy. The market for the mass-produced, inexpensive [[pamphlet]]s and [[libelle]]s made the upper class worry. The stories and illustrations (sold in the galleries of the [[Palais Royal]], along with services of prostitutes) were often [[anti-clerical]] and [[anti-royal]]. In the period leading up to the [[French Revolution]], pornography was also used as political commentary; [[Marie Antoinette]] was often targeted with fantasies involving orgies, lesbian activities and the paternity of her children, and rumors circulated about the supposed sexual inadequacies of [[Louis XVI of France|Louis XVI]]. | During the [[Age of Enlightenment|Enlightenment]], on the eve of the [[French Revolution]], many of the French [[free-thinker]]s began to exploit [[pornography]] as a medium of social criticism and [[satire]]. [[Libertine]] pornography was a subversive social commentary and often targeted the [[Roman Catholic Church|Catholic Church]] and the monarchy. The market for the mass-produced, inexpensive [[pamphlet]]s and [[libelle]]s made the upper class worry. The stories and illustrations (sold in the galleries of the [[Palais Royal]], along with services of prostitutes) were often [[anti-clerical]] and [[anti-royal]]. In the period leading up to the [[French Revolution]], pornography was also used as political commentary; [[Marie Antoinette]] was often targeted with fantasies involving orgies, lesbian activities and the paternity of her children, and rumors circulated about the supposed sexual inadequacies of [[Louis XVI of France|Louis XVI]]. | ||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
- | *[[Eugène le Poitevin]]'s ''[[Les Diableries Erotiques]]''. | + | *[[Eugène le Poitevin]]'s ''[[Les Diableries Erotiques]]'' |
- | *See [[Encyclopedia of erotica]]. | + | |
*[[Never mind the bollocks, here's Rabelais]] | *[[Never mind the bollocks, here's Rabelais]] | ||
*[[a history of derision]] | *[[a history of derision]] | ||
*[[toilet philosophy]] | *[[toilet philosophy]] | ||
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Satirotica is the use of pornography as political satire used to subvert the establishment.
On the eve of the French Revolution
During the Enlightenment, on the eve of the French Revolution, many of the French free-thinkers began to exploit pornography as a medium of social criticism and satire. Libertine pornography was a subversive social commentary and often targeted the Catholic Church and the monarchy. The market for the mass-produced, inexpensive pamphlets and libelles made the upper class worry. The stories and illustrations (sold in the galleries of the Palais Royal, along with services of prostitutes) were often anti-clerical and anti-royal. In the period leading up to the French Revolution, pornography was also used as political commentary; Marie Antoinette was often targeted with fantasies involving orgies, lesbian activities and the paternity of her children, and rumors circulated about the supposed sexual inadequacies of Louis XVI.
See also
- Eugène le Poitevin's Les Diableries Erotiques
- Never mind the bollocks, here's Rabelais
- a history of derision
- toilet philosophy