Harald Hellmann Orden de los libros (cronológico)

Never show everything "Girls, Gags & Giggles" - this was publisher Robert Harrison ’s recipe for dishing up the American pin-up to the U.S. male. In the 1950s his girlie magazines sold by the millions, before becoming icons of pulp and trash culture. These skilfully illustrated girls with their curvaceous forms and inviting lingerie soon overtook America’s national dessert, in terms of popularity, and even developed considerable potential as a cultural export during the 1940s. "Never show everything," was always the motto. Smiling prettily at the camera, the models exuded just the right amount of sex appeal without seeming too sophisticated or artful. They were the ’girls next door’ whose wholesome attraction soon made one forget the magazines’ deliberately trashy presentation. Their rosy complexions and innocent allures still titillate even in an age when far more graphic material is the norm. For everyone who enjoys pin-ups, push-ups and pulp style! “To look at these pictures is to remember that there was a time when taking off your clothes was a potent gesture, when the mere fact of a naked woman could be thrilling.” National Post , Toronto

A wise, hilarious novel from the beloved, award-winning author of  Funny Girl, High Fidelity and  A Long Way Down. Will Freeman may have discovered the key to dating If the simple fact that they were single mothers meant that gorgeous women – women who would not ordinarily look twice a Will – might not only be willing, but enthusiastic about dating him, then he was really onto something. Single mothers – bright, attractive, available women – thousands of them, were all over London. He just had to find them. Single Parents – Alone Together. It was a brilliant plan. And Will wasn’t going to let the fact that he didn’t have a child himself hold him back. A fictional two-year-old named Ned wouldn’t be the first thing he’d invented. And it seems to go quite well at first, until he meets an actual twelve-year-old named Marcus, who is more than Will bargained for…

"Mädchen, Scherze & Kichern" – so lautete das Rezept des Verlegers Robert Harrison, um den amerikanischen Pin-up dem US-Mann näherzubringen. In den 1950er Jahren verkauften sich seine Mädch magazines millionenfach, bevor sie zu Ikonen der Pulp- und Trashkultur wurden. Diese gekonnt illustrierten Mädchen mit ihren kurvenreichen Formen und einladender Unterwäsche übertrafen bald Amerikas Nationaldessert in der Beliebtheit und entwickelten in den 1940er Jahren ein beträchtliches Potenzial als kultureller Export. "Zeige niemals alles" war stets das Motto.

Présentés dans les ateliers de réparation automobile, les casernes militaires, les chambres à coucher et autres lieux, les pin-ups étaient autrefois l'incarnation de la beauté et de la sexualité féminine "tout américaine". Ce titre rassemble les meilleures couvertures et les moments forts de nos magazines féminins.