Written in the Flesh - A History of Desire

Informationen zum Autor Edward Shorter is the Jason A. Hannah Professor of the History of Medicine and a professor of psychiatry in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto. Klappentext '"Written in the Flesh" is bold, important, and maddeningly fun to argue with. Everyone interested in the history of sexuality and of desire will need to engage, if not agree with it.'-Thomas W. Laqueur, Professor of History, University of California, Berkeley, author of "Solitary Sex: A Cultural History of Masturbation" Zusammenfassung Written in the Flesh is a history of what people like to do in bed and how that has changed. The change is relentless: human sexuality continually seeks new means of liberation in its expression of pleasure. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Introduction 2 Sex, a Baseline 3 A Baseline for Gays and Lesbians 4 Hindrances 5 Why Not the Romantics? 6 The Great Breakout 7 The Great Breakout for Gays and Lesbians 8 Towards Total Body Sex 9 SM and Fetish 10 Epilogue

Product details

• Authors: Edward Shorter
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.12.2006
• EAN: 9780802094520
• ISBN: 978-0-8020-9452-0
• No. of pages: 300
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 210 mm x 23 mm
• Series: Heritage; HERITAGE
• Subjects: Guides > Health; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General