| Modernism and Perversion: Sexual Deviance in Sexology and Literature, 1850-1930 2012 Edition Contributor(s): Schaffner, A. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0230231624 ISBN-13: 9780230231627 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Semiotics & Theory |
| Dewey: 801.95 |
| LCCN: 2011047522 |
| Series: Modernism And... |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 5.2" W x 7.9" (1.00 lbs) 315 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Chronological Period - 1900-1949 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher 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. |
