"Striptease" The author begins this essay by clarifying that the style of striptease to which he is referring is French, and specifically Parisian, striptease. Later in the essay, he draws a clear distinction with American striptease, suggesting that in France striptease is, in essence, making the private public. The implication is that in America, the opposite is taking place - that public sexuality (striptease) is, in fact, a manifestation and a redirection of private desire. The body of the essay is focused on the way French striptease essentially separates who the women are from what they do, detailing near-ritualistic use of costume, music and dancing to create a mythic presentation of the female anatomy that, in fact, de-sexualizes them. In other words, the author is suggesting that in French.....
