Frigidity

An Intellectual History
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-349-33813-9
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 317 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 410 g

Reihe: Genders and Sexualities in History

This first major study of a curiously neglected term in the history of sexuality will intrigue students, scholars and enthusiasts alike. The authors take us through a journey across four centuries, showing how notions of sexual coldness and frigidity have been thought about by legal, medical, psychiatric, psychoanalytic and literary writers.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Moore, A.

Cryle, P.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction. A Long History of a Pseudo-Scientific Object Frigiditas and Impotentia Female Impotence in the Nineteenth Century Vaginismus The Late Nineteenth Century: A Multiplicity of Genres The Wedding Night Treatment 1: Medicine Treatment 2: Psychology Relocating Marie Bonaparte's Clitoris Conclusion Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

PETER CRYLE is author of (1996), (2002), and (2003). He also co-edited with Lisa O'Connell (2004) and (2008) with Christopher Forth.

ALISON MOORE is a Scholar of Modern European Intellectual History. She teaches and researches in International Studies and Cultural Studies at the University of Technology, Sydney, Australia.She is the author of (2011).