Agent Provocateur [Hardcover]

Carlton Books (Author), Joseph Corre (Author)

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Publication Date: October 28, 2002

This book studies female sexuality without embarrassment, but with empowerment.

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About the Author

Corre co-opened the first Agent Provocateur in London's Soho in 1994.

Rees co-opened the first Agent Provocateur in London's Soho in 1994.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 192 pages
• Publisher: Carlton Books (October 28, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1858687586
• ISBN-13: 978-1858687582
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 9.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,169,978 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars an interesting anthology, November 8, 2000

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This review is from: Agent Provocateur (Hardcover)

In this collection, editors Joseph Corre and Serena Rees attempt to put together a brief history of erotica, particularly subversive erotica. The diversity and quality of the illustrations make this book a nice find. The idea of the text is quite interesting--a historical and social survey of erotica--but still leaves something to be desired. The text is a little too light and doesn't seem particularly well researched.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Appropriately Titled, June 22, 2001

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This review is from: Agent Provocateur (Hardcover)

This is a book that celebrates, exclusively, the female body. There are fetish themed shots, old time shots, and other historical erotic photos, all of which have inspired or affected those involved with the lingerie shop in London in some way. While mostly eye candy, the accompanying text has its moments of insight. This is certainly a book that aims to entice any who are aroused by the female form; for those individuals, it is an enjoyable and arousing read.

4.0 out of 5 stars The Mystery and Allure of Femininity and Sexuality, August 16, 2009

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This review is from: Agent Provocateur (Hardcover)

Like the Agent Provocateur coffee table book on Exhibitionism, this is an equally provocative look at sex appeal as infinitely improved through the use of sexy, often trashy or kinky women's undergarments. One could almost use the famous National Geographic approach of not bothering to read the text, but just ogling the photographs and reading the captions. While there are few bare breasts in this collection, there is plenty of exposed flesh none-the-less. The bare breasts are mostly in the early section of the book and are famous nude paintings by Titian, Goya and Eugene Delacroix's "Liberty Leading the People." There are samples of cheesecake and whiplash fetish including many of the most famous photos of Betty Page. There are French CanCan dancers from the mid-1800's as well as many if not all the most of the famous Hollywood Sirens. Strippers, belly dancers, they are all part of this eye candy buffet. The eight chapters included topics like "Femininity," "The Body," "Design and Construction," "Fashion," "Fantasy," "Striptease, "Sexuality," and of course, "Agent Provocateur." This is a very slick, chic, sometimes-brassy collection of articles and pictures to tease--mostly tease males, although some of the material will probably not be so limited audience-wise. The book is pretty much what the reader or voyeur would expect--lots of teasing and selling of Agent Provocateur lingerie and mystique