Maîtresse Françoise Explained

Maîtresse Françoise
Occupation:Dominatrix, author
Website:Official site
Italic Title:no
Françoise Maîtresse
Author:Annick Foucalt
Language:French
Subject:Female dominance
Publisher:Éditions Gallimard
Pub Date:1994
Pages:187
Isbn:2-07-073834-5
Congress:PQ2666.O823 F73 1994
Oclc:34986025

Maîtresse Françoise (pen name Annick Foucault) is a publicly known dominatrix in Paris, France. Her autobiography was published in France by publisher Éditions Gallimard.

Biography

Minitel

Annick Foucault was born in the South of France. Her childhood was marred by the loss of her father.[1] [2] After having been the victim of an accident, she consecutively had no real other alternative but dropping out of university. Thus she chiefly became a self-taught woman.[3] She first ran a ready-to-wear shop and then became interested in Minitel, which she considered to be "an excellent means of communication, a kind of no-man's-land where anything is allowed".[4] She subsequently participated in various forums and set up a "debate forum", 3615 Fetish, which was devoted to sadomasochism, before launching in 1994 her own specialized "minitel network", under the name of Miss M.[5] Marc Daum described her as "a major messaging authorizing officer 3615 on behalf of a foremost player in telematics, given that the good intellectual performance of her forums [had built] the loyalty of her knowledgeable readers". During the same period, she was the chief editor of a magazine—La Scène—with a circulation of 5,000 copies. In October 1996, she provided a "precious collaboration" to the journalist Monique Ayoun by the time she was writing an article dedicated to Minitel on behalf of the newspaper .[6]

Writer

In 1994, Annick Foucault—who already enjoyed a strong reputation in specialized circles[7] —published a writing under her real name: Françoise Maîtresse. This book—which, as pointed out by, was edited by Gallimard[8] — is an autobiographical narrative which content, according to Jean Pache, appears to be "strange and meaningful".[3] The common thread unfolds over "her history, her childhood, the discovery of her cerebral sexuality, her experience as a dominatrix, in a style as precise as lively and literary". The script is prefaced by Pierre Bourgeade, who considered the literary quintessentiality of this essay as part of the expression of an "unconscious freedom of its own",[9] while Jean-Jacques Pauvert displayed it as a "major work of erotic literature over the past ten years".[10] In this autobiography, the author presented herself in two ways: Françoise, the dominatrix, and Marianne, "who discovered her masochism by watching the whip scenes in pirate movies as a teenager".[11] emphasized on the link which appeared to prevail between those two paradoxical idiosyncrasies: "Françoise, it is first of all the name of a little girl of twelve years old [...] who plays the mistress".[11]

The book introduced sadomasochism into mainstream literature, "without censorship, but also without complacency towards the reader", by focusing on the "breaks" that lead to it, from an angle that, according to Annick Foucault, gains the consent from partners.[12] Annick Foucault suggested that they be recognized as being endowed with "some weakness" and, further on, she commented the aforesaid point as follows:

She pleads for the abandonment of some biases:

Her intellection echoes the philosophical thought of Gilles Deleuze, to whom she pays tribute,[13] in a way that, according to Charles J. Stivale, conveys a "perceptive and fascinating reflection on La Vénus à la fourrure, Présentation de Sacher-Masoch de Deleuze".[14] According to Céline du Chéné, Mistress Françoise turns out to be "probably the most intellectual of the dominatrixes of the Parisian scene", owning "all the editions" of Leopold von Sacher-Masoch and "having maintained a correspondence" with Gilles Deleuze,[15] who, as per Jean Pache, would have sealed "this unexpected disciple friendship and consideration".[3]

After the publication of her story, which, as duly noted by Giovanni Firmian, was "a great success in France", she was invited to various French talk shows[16] [17] and gave interviews about sadomasochism.[18] [19]

On the occasion of the release of a translation of her book in Italy, Giovanni Firmian described her author as "the queen of dominatrixes and sadomasochistic practices, the most famous one in France, but also known throughout the rest of Europe and United States".[20] [21] However, the Italian periodical La Stampa reveals significantly more critical comments recorded by the journalist Mirella Serri, who believes that the author of Maîtresse Françoise considers herself to be the embodiment of "an outstanding artist belonging to a scarce and special breed: i.e. the "mystics" of sex".[22]

Published works

Autobiographical account

Foreign translation

Digraphe

Miscellaneous

Marquis Magazine

Newlook

Penthouse

Others

Perform

Drama

Radio interviews

Collaborations

Critical bibliography

Notes and References

  1. it. Arriva le regina delle fruste. Con tutte le sue storie. Corriere della Sera. 5 April 1995. Margherita d'Amico.
  2. it. Il Messaggero. 4 April 1995. Eroine del sesso: Intervista ad Annick Foucault sul suo libro La Dominatrice. Costanzo Costantini.
  3. Faut-il toujours à l'amour son théâtre de la cruauté ?. Jean Pache. Jean Pache. Tribune de Genève. 8 November 1994.
  4. Isabelle Girard. Les vrais secrets d'une fouetteuse. L'Événement du jeudi. 25 May 1994.
  5. " Maîtresse Françoise ": le fouet et la plume. Hélène Hazera. Libération. 5 August 1994. 19.
  6. . Il m'a trompé avec moi-même. Ayoun. Monique. 25 October 1996. 200.
  7. en. The Maitresse. Skin Two. Londres. 12. 84. 1989. Françoise is [...] an SM celebrity — one of France foremost dominants and a favourite of the media..
  8. en. Moutet's Paris: Nice work if a former minister can get it. The European. 21 May 1994. [...] published by non other than the snooty Gallimard.
  9. Préface de Pierre Bourgeade à Françoise Maîtresse, op. cit.
  10. 4e de couverture de Françoise Maîtresse, La Musardine, 2000, op. cit.

  11. Elle fait allusion aux « grands films de sévices » de son enfance pour expliquer l'attrait sexuel de certaines scènes : « cow-boys, sexes d'étalons, tortures de pirates, viols d'Apaches, femme attachée au mât d'un navire pour recevoir le fouet.
  12. Les mille-feuilles des filles d'Eros. Jean-Pierre Dufreigne. Jean-Pierre Dufreigne. Annick Foucault [...] se confesse et catalogue ses amants [...] selon leurs désirs les plus intimes ou leurs spécialités — elle a déclaré qu'ils avaient été ravis de se rencontrer couchés sur le papier. 18 August 1994. L'Express.
  13. Web site: Homage to Gilles Deleuze. Annick Foucault. 2001.
  14. Book: en. Recensement des textes et liens internet en rapport avec Gilles Deleuze. Diverse essays and links. Charles J. Stivale. Deleuze and Guattari. Web resources. July 2011. Wayne State University.
  15. Book: « K comme képi : Maîtresse Françoise ». Céline du Chéné (foreword by François Angelier). L'encyclopédie pratique des mauvais genres. Nada. 2017. 75–79. Paris. Recueil de chroniques radiophoniques diffusées sur France Culture dans l'émission Mauvais genres de 2012 à 2016. 9791092457223. .
  16. La boîte à bouquins de Forestier: Françoise maîtresse, impératrice du SM. Nouvel observateur. François Forestier .

    fr:François Forestier

    . 6 January 2017.
  17. Book: Tout à fait, Thierry ! Cela ne nous regarde pas.... Hervé G.. Lulu.com. 1047590572. 22 June 2018. 38. 978-0244995263.

  18. cf. Mauvais genre, 18 September 2013, cf. minutage 08:58 à 09:23.

  19. cf. Mauvais genre, 19 October 2013.
  20. it. Giovanni Firmian. Il sadomasochismo di Françoise Maîtresse: l'amore? È un gatto a nove code. . 27 May 1995. 90–91. .
  21. it. Annick Foucault raconta: come divenire dominatrice nel grande circo delle perversioni sadomasochiste. L'Europeo. 28 September 1994. 65–66. .
  22. it. Il libro della "Maîtresse" francese: Cure sadomaso per i mistici. La Stampa. 4 April 1995. Mirella Seri. .
  23. Web site: Digraphe 65. September 1993.
  24. Web site: Digraphe 66. September 1993.
  25. Web site: Digraphe 70. September 1994.
  26. Book: Notice bibliographique Retour de Roissy. 1995 . Ed. Astarté . 9782909607061 .
  27. See Number 70 (photographies & texte by Bruits d'Avila), September 94, and Number 78 « La Mort de Paris VIII », texte "Théâtre", Autumn 1996.
  28. http://www.bellone.be/fra/playdetail.asp?IDfichier=1885940 La Bellone - Maison du Spectacle asbl, rue de Flandre 46 - 1000 Bruxelles

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