“The Natural History of the Flirt,” by Albert Smith, published in 1848. This is just the kind of book that I would have flipped over while doing my research for Encyclopedia of the Exquisite. But it’s never to late to flip for a book that begins with the lines: “A nous graceful, glorious Girls! Come [...]
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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pd4rqf7_Mdg[/youtube] Between the scandalous Tango and the salacious Samba, there came the Maxixe, the early 20th century’s forgotten dance sensation. The Maxixe was just naughty enough to become popular worldwide between 1910 and 1915, but not naughty enough to be remembered. The dance came from Brazil, where its name was pronounced ‘ ‘mashish,’ and was [...]
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