BLUFÆRDIGHEDENS MAGT, MAGTENS BLUFÆRDIGHED: Prins Henriks nøgenbilleder

Resumé

Bernard Arcand: The Power of Modesty

and the Modesty of Power. The Nude

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This article argues that pomography requires

modesty almost as much as nudity, in order

to piease its audience by adding to the spectacle

of sex some feeling of conquest. Modesty

appears as a primary notion at the root of

social life: from the book of Genesis, when

Adam and Eve express shyness, to the teachings

of the Touareg on the proper use of the

veil and to the recent surge of so-called

“amateur pomography”. Modesty translates

how others become fascinating and

attractive, an obvious pre-requisite for Creative

interaction.