Riddles of Eros: Exploring Sex, Psyche and Culture - Couverture souple

Manson, William

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0819193704 ISBN 13 : 9780819193704

Editeur : University Press of America, 1993

Synopsis

This book is a brief reconnaissance of certain frontiers in our understanding of sex and the relation of the sexes. The scope of inquiry includes both the biology of desire and its distortion by psychological repressions and cultural taboos. The author presents new interpretations of sexual rhythms, menstrual restrictions, the female orgasm, sex and spirit- possession, and the Freudian theory of sublimation and culture. Contents: Acknowledgements; Introduction; The Concealment of Fertility; Rhythms of Female Libido; Menstruation, Castration Anxiety, and Vagina Envy; The Myth of the Insatiable Woman; The Function of the Orgasm; Eros, Sublimation and Culture; References Cited; Index.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

William Manson is Lecturer in Social Sciences at Fairleigh Dickinson University and Rutgers University. He is the author of The Psychodynamics of Culture (1988).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University Press of America
• Date d'édition: 1993
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0819193704
• ISBN 13: 9780819193704
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 128
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible