Orgasm and the West
"A bold book by a great historian."
American Historical Review
"A book that is readable AND sexy, the history of Orgasm and the West is the sort of cultural history that enables one to connect our bodies to our past – and our future. A brilliant and exciting addition to the newest thinking about the history of the body!"
Sander Gilman, author of Sexuality: An Illustrated History"Sexual repression has never had such a good press ... Muchembled's encyclopaedic knowledge of European culture from the Renaissance onwards invites intricate dissection."
History Today
Can the orgasm be explained in historical terms? An almost incommunicable individual emotion yet also a cultural reality, the orgasm is part of, but also escapes, collective experience. The history of the orgasm is that of the hidden body, of forbidden desires, of flesh constrained by taboos and morality. Les mer
Liberated by the pill from the dangers and anxieties associated with the obligations of reproduction, they can now claim equality with men and uninhibitedly claim pleasure and the orgasm for themselves.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Polity Press
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 224
- ISBN
- 9780745638768
- Utgivelsesår
- 2008
- Format
- 23 x 15 cm
Anmeldelser
"A bold book by a great historian."
American Historical Review
"A book that is readable AND sexy, the history of Orgasm and the West is the sort of cultural history that enables one to connect our bodies to our past – and our future. A brilliant and exciting addition to the newest thinking about the history of the body!"
Sander Gilman, author of Sexuality: An Illustrated History"Sexual repression has never had such a good press ... Muchembled's encyclopaedic knowledge of European culture from the Renaissance onwards invites intricate dissection."
History Today