Feminateek

Feminateek, also known as the Fenomenale Feminateek ("Phenomenal Library of Women" [translation: Dickens, Eric. [http://www.centerforbookculture.org/context/no19/context_19.pdf CONTEXT No. 19, p.1] , 2006] ), is a collection of 22400 images of female eroticism compiled in 144 volumes by Flemish author Louis Paul Boon.nl Renders, Hans. " [http://www.nl.bol.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/eCS/Store/nl/-/EUR/BOL_DisplayProductInformation-Secondary;sid=lGVMbRXTkA1J_1J3iuZyWvULeGMR38Gx7T4=?BOL_OWNER_ID=1001004002095660&Secondary=reviews&Section=BOOK De fenomenale feminateek, Biblion recensie] ". Bol.com, c.2004] nl Van Gool, Jef. " [http://www.literatuurplein.nl/nieuwsdetail.jsp?nieuwsId=1752 Controverse rond tentoonstelling Feminateek van Louis Paul Boon] " (Controversy surrounding exhibition of Louis Paul Boon's Feminatheek). Literatuurplein, 31 January 2008.]

Boon started his hobby of collecting and filing female erotic photographs and images from periodicals in 1954, and continued to do so until his death in 1979. Boon organised his collection thematically, according to a scheme he wrote down in what is known as "De Catalogus Van De Fenomenale Feminateek" ("The Catalogue of the Phenomenal Library of Women").nl Boon, Louis Paul. "Fenomenale Feminateek", in same volume: "Europese Koninginnen Met Kronen Van Karton" and "De Catalogus Van De Fenomenale Feminateek". Meulenhoff/Manteau, January 2004, 262 pages. ISBN 9059900219 - ISBN 9789059900219.] [http://www.nl.bol.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/eCS/Store/nl/-/EUR/BOL_DisplayProductInformation-Start?Section=BOOK&BOL_OWNER_ID=1001004002095660 Bol.com entry of "De fenomenale feminateek" / in houten kistje] ] At the time of this publication an exposition of a limited part of the Feminateek was put up in the Letterkundig Museum in The Hague.

In 2008 two expositions of images of the Feminateek were planned in Belgium. One was planned from 20 June in the FotoMuseum of Antwerp, but was cancelled after an intervention by the provincial authority.nl [http://www.demorgen.be/dm/nl/1006/Kunst-Literatuur/photoalbum/detail/155483/226075/0/index.dhtml "De foto's die de provincie Antwerpen verbood"] (The photographs that were forbidden by the province of Antwerp). De Morgen, 1 February 2008.] The curator of the "Zogezegd" literary festival in Gent confirmed shortly after the Antwerp decision became known end of January 2008, that the plans to show the images at the Gent festival on 4 April remain unchanged.nl [http://www.netonline.be/actueel/algemeen_nieuws_detail.asp?art=34763 "Fenomenale feminateek" van Louis Paul Boon naar Gent] . NetOnline (based on Belga press report), 2008-01-31]

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