Understanding Pornographic Fiction
Sex, Violence, and Self-Deception
Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Reference, Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Theory, Reference & Language, Language Arts
| Author: | Charles Nussbaum | ISBN: | 9781137556769 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan UK | Publication: | April 13, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan | Language: | English |
| Author: | Charles Nussbaum |
| ISBN: | 9781137556769 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan UK |
| Publication: | April 13, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Language: | English |
This work defends two main theses. First, modern Western pornographic fiction functions as a self-deceptive vehicle for sexual or blood-lustful arousal; and second, that its emergence owes as much to Puritan Protestantism and its inner- or this-worldly asceticism as does the emergence of modern rationalized capitalism.
This work defends two main theses. First, modern Western pornographic fiction functions as a self-deceptive vehicle for sexual or blood-lustful arousal; and second, that its emergence owes as much to Puritan Protestantism and its inner- or this-worldly asceticism as does the emergence of modern rationalized capitalism.
