The Sadeian Woman - and the Ideology of Pornography

Informationen zum Autor One of Britain's most original writers, Angela Carter was highly lauded for her novels, short stories and journalism. She died in February 1992. Klappentext 'Neither ordinary nor timid. The tone is one of intellectual relish . . . rational . . . refined . . . witty' Hermione Lee 'Sexuality is power' - so says the Marquis de Sade, philosopher and pornographer extraordinaire. His virtuous Justine keeps to the rules laid down by men, her reward rape and humiliation; his Juliette, Justine's triumphantly monstrous antithesis, viciously exploits her sexuality. In a world where all tenderness is false, all beds are minefields. But now Sade has met his match. With invention and genius, Angela Carter takes on these outrageous figments of his extreme imagination, and transforms them into symbols of our time - the Hollywood sex goddesses, mothers and daughters, pornography, even the sacred shrines of sex and marriage lie devastatingly exposed before our eyes. Angela Carter delves into the viscera of our distorted sexuality and reveals a dazzling vision of love which admits neither of conqueror nor of conquered. Vorwort Angela Carter's highly acclaimed polemic enlisting the Marquis de Sade in an argument about women's sexual freedom. Zusammenfassung Angela Carter's highly acclaimed polemic enlisting the Marquis de Sade in an argument about women's sexual freedom.

Product details

• Authors: Angela Carter
• Publisher: Virago Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 05.10.2006
• EAN: 9781844083770
• ISBN: 978-1-84408-377-0
• No. of pages: 192
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 197 mm x 13 mm
• Series: Virago Modern Classics; VMC; VMC; Virago Modern Classics
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Partnership, sexuality; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; FICTION / Science Fiction / General, FICTION / Romance / Erotica, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Essays, erotic fiction, Sex and sexuality, social aspects, FICTION / Romance / Erotic