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Urban Renewal by the Sea: Reinventing the Beach for the Suburban Age in Postwar Los Angeles by Devienne, Elsa

“…Urban renewal was not just a city phenomenon: it also unfolded on the beaches of coastal metropolises, most spectacularly in Los Angeles where a “beach lobby”…”
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Spectacular Bodies: Los Angeles Beach Cultures and the Making of the “California Look” (1900s-1960s) by Devienne, Elsa

“…This article explores the origins, whitewashing, and eventual fetishization of the “California look”—a body ideal centered on bronzed skin, bleached hair, and…”
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Places and Cultures of Capitalism: Histories from the Grassroots by Devienne, Elsa, Diamond, Andrew

“…Over the past decade or so, the concept of capitalism has exploded within the domains of popular culture and mainstream political discourse in the United…”
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Jamin Wells. Shipwrecked: Coastal Disasters and the Making of the American Beach by Devienne, Elsa

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Comparing Exceptionalism in France and the USA by Devienne, Elsa

“…This article challenges the current scholarship on the history of the death penalty and its abolition by adopting a transatlantic framework and debunking the…”
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Introduction by Devienne, Elsa

“…This roundtable finds its origins quite innocuously in a search for keywords. Not too long ago, I was given the opportunity to teach a session on American…”
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Introduction by Devienne, Elsa

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Amérique au singulier, Amériques au pluriel : à quoi nous sert la perspective hémisphérique ? by Capredon, Elise, Devienne, Elsa, Landry, Félix

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The Life, Death, and Rebirth of Muscle Beach: Reassessing the Muscular Physique in Postwar America, 1940s–1980s by Devienne, Elsa

“…In the 1940s and 1950s, at Santa Monica's Muscle Beach, male and female acrobats and bodybuilders performed stunts and displayed muscular physiques. In 1958,…”
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The Life, Death, and Rebirth of Muscle Beach by Devienne, Elsa

“…In the 1940s and 1950s, at Santa Monica’s Muscle Beach, male and female acrobats and bodybuilders performed stunts and displayed muscular physiques. In 1958,…”
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The Nature of Soviet Power. An Arctic Environmental History by Andy BRUNO (review) by Devienne, Elsa

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Shifting Sands: A Social and Environmental History of Los Angeles’s Beaches, 1920s–1970s by DEVIENNE, ELSA

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Shifting Sands by Devienne, Elsa

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Bathing beauties, bodybuilders et surfeurs: l’émergence de cultures corporelles originales sur les plages de Los Angeles (années 1920-1930) by Devienne, Elsa

“…Fascination with Los Angeles’s beaches and their bodies started long before the series Baywatch. While the iconic figures of the pin-up, the body-builder, and…”
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Andy BRUNO. – The Nature of Soviet Power. An Arctic Environmental History , Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, « Studies in Environment and History », 2016, 305 p by Devienne, Elsa

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Notes de lecture; compte rendu d'Andy Bruno, The Nature of Soviet Power by Devienne, Elsa

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The Right to the Beach? Urban Renewal, Public Space Policing and the Definition of a Beach Public in Postwar Los Angeles, 1940s-1960s by Devienne, Elsa

“…Cet article montre d’abord comment, après la Seconde Guerre mondiale, une coalition informelle rassemblant des promoteurs immobiliers et l’élite politique…”
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Bathing beauties, bodybuilders et surfeurs : l’émergence de cultures corporelles originales sur les plages de Los Angeles (années 1920-1930) by Devienne, Elsa

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Comparing Exceptionalism in France and the USA: A Transatlantic Approach to the Death Penalty Abolition Debate (1972-1977) by Devienne, Elsa

“…This article challenges the current scholarship on the history of the death penalty and its abolition by adopting a transatlantic framework and debunking the…”
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Special Issue: Spectacle and Spectatorship in American Culture by Bellion, Wendy, Devienne, Elsa, Fearnley, Andrew M, Geidel, Molly, Hannon, Andrew, Wood, Amy Louise, Zacek, Natalie

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