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: English literature, history and criticism, 19th century,  French literature, history and criticism, 19th century,  German literature, history and criticism, 19th century,  Sexology,  Paraphilias,  History,  Sex customs in literature,  Sex in literature,  Modernism (Literature),  Anal sex,  Paraphilic Disorders,  Sexual Behavior,  Literature,  History, 19th Century,  History, 20th Century,  Social History,  Modern,  LITERARY CRITICISM,  General,  RELIGION,  Sexuality & Gender Studies,  Abweichendes Sexualverhalten,  Motiv,  Moderne,  Literatur,  Sexualwissenschaft