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He did it to defend personal and sexual freedom but became a target of American
journalism in the consumption era. Its first issue, in 1953, showed a dressed up Mar-
ilyn Monroe on the cover but just a few pages in she smiled playfully for the camera
completely naked over a red velvet bed. A shocking image for that time, no doubt. But
Playboy was much more than that, it represented a new discourse on masculinity on
which literature and local journalism played a key role. The magazine portrayed nude
pictures of beautiful women – captured by the best photographers – as well as articles
about Andy Warhol, Frank Lloyd Wright, architecture, interior design or men´s fashion.
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