ISBN:
9780231151580
Language:
English
Pages:
xi, 394 pages
,
illustrations
,
24 cm
Series Statement:
Columbia themes in philosophy, social criticism, and the arts
DDC:
306.7094409/033
Keywords:
Sex customs History 18th century
;
France Moral conditions
;
Frankreich
;
Sexualverhalten
;
Libertinismus
;
Sexualethik
;
Moral
;
Geschichte 1700-1800
Abstract:
Acknowledgments -- Introduction: whose sexual revolution? -- A thousand modes of venery : coital positions as actions and communications -- Voluptuary architecture : organizing, policing, and producing pleasure -- Sodomy and reason : making sense of the libertine preference -- "The obscene organ of brute pleasure" : social functions of the clitoris -- The fury of her kindness : what should a libertine know about orgasm? -- Color and caprice: the politics and aesthetics of interracial relations -- Canonizing Sade : eros, democracy, and differentiation -- Notes -- Index
Description / Table of Contents:
AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: whose sexual revolution? -- A thousand modes of venery : coital positions as actions and communications -- Voluptuary architecture : organizing, policing, and producing pleasure -- Sodomy and reason : making sense of the libertine preference -- "The obscene organ of brute pleasure" : social functions of the clitoris -- The fury of her kindness : what should a libertine know about orgasm? -- Color and caprice: the politics and aesthetics of interracial relations -- Canonizing Sade : eros, democracy, and differentiation -- Notes -- Index.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-376) and index
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