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Modernism and perversion : sexual deviance in sexology and literature, 1850-1930

By SCHAFFNER , Anna Katharina

Book information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2012
ISBN
9780230231627, 0230231624, 9780230231634, 0230231632
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
932 kB (954470 bytes)
Series
Modernism and_.
Pages
315\338
Time added
2015-12-23 22:00:00
Paraphilias -- History. Sexology -- History. Sex c

Description

"Charting the construction of sexual perversions in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century medical, psychiatric and psychological discourse, Schaffner argues that sexologists' preoccupation with these perversions was a response to specifically modern concerns, and illuminates the role of literary texts in the formation of sexological knowledge"-- Abstract: Charting the construction of sexual perversions in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century medical, psychiatric and psychological discourse, Schaffner argues that sexologists' preoccupation with these perversions was a response to specifically modern concerns, and illuminates the role of literary texts in the formation of sexological knowledge. Read more...

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