Modernism and perversion

Description:

"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"--

subjects: LITERARY CRITICISM / General,  HISTORY / Social History,  Sex customs in literature,  Sexology,  HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century,  Modernism (Literature),  RELIGION / Sexuality & Gender Studies,  Sex in literature,  Paraphilias,  History,  English literature, history and criticism, 19th century,  French literature, history and criticism, 19th century,  German literature, history and criticism, 19th century,  Anal sex,  Sex,  Masturbation,  Homosexuality,  Sadism,  Fetishism (Psychiatric)