Modernism and Perversion
Sexual Deviance in Sexology and Literature, 1850-1930
Nonfiction, History, European General, Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism
| Author: | A. Schaffner | ISBN: | 9780230358904 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan UK | Publication: | November 22, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan | Language: | English |
| Author: | A. Schaffner |
| ISBN: | 9780230358904 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan UK |
| Publication: | November 22, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Language: | English |
Charting the construction of sexual perversions in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century medical, psychiatric and psychological discourse, Schaffner argues that sexologists' preoccupation with these perversions was a response to specifically modern concerns, and illuminates the role of literary texts in the formation of sexological knowledge.
Charting the construction of sexual perversions in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century medical, psychiatric and psychological discourse, Schaffner argues that sexologists' preoccupation with these perversions was a response to specifically modern concerns, and illuminates the role of literary texts in the formation of sexological knowledge.
