Modernism and Perversion Sexual Deviance in Sexology and Literature, 1850–1930
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 litera...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London
Palgrave Macmillan UK
2012, 2012
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| Series: | Modernism and…
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | 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 |
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| Physical Description: | XXI, 315 p online resource |
| ISBN: | 9780230358904 |