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OverviewThis first major study of a curiously neglected term in the history of sexuality will intrigue students, scholars and enthusiasts alike. The authors take us through a journey across four centuries, showing how notions of sexual coldness and frigidity have been thought about by legal, medical, psychiatric, psychoanalytic and literary writers. Full Product DetailsAuthor: P. Cryle , A. MoorePublisher: Palgrave Macmillan Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.615kg ISBN: 9780230303454ISBN 10: 0230303455 Pages: 317 Publication Date: 02 December 2011 Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Professional & Vocational , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsIntroduction. A Long History of a Pseudo-Scientific Object Frigiditas and Impotentia Female Impotence in the Nineteenth Century Vaginismus The Late Nineteenth Century: A Multiplicity of Genres The Wedding Night Treatment 1: Medicine Treatment 2: Psychology Relocating Marie Bonaparte's Clitoris Conclusion BibliographyReviewsAuthor InformationPETER CRYLE is author of Geometry in the Boudoir (1996), The Telling of the Act (2002), and La Crise du plaisir, 1740-1830 (2003). He also co-edited Libertine Enlightenment with Lisa O'Connell (2004) and Sexuality at the Fin de Siècle (2008) with Christopher Forth. ALISON MOORE is a Scholar of Modern European Intellectual History. She teaches and researches in International Studies and Cultural Studies at the University of Technology, Sydney, Australia.She is the author of Sexual Myths of Modernity; Sadism, Masochism and Historical Teleology (2011). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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