Modernism and Perversion
Author | : A. Schaffner |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 315 |
Release | : 2011-11-22 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780230358904 |
ISBN-13 | : 023035890X |
Rating | : 4/5 (90X Downloads) |
Download or read book Modernism and Perversion written by A. Schaffner and published by Springer. This book was released on 2011-11-22 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.