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Consuming desire : sexual science and the emergence of a culture of abundance, 1871-1914 /

Consuming Desire investigates why a science of sex emerged when it did at the turn of the twentieth century and delivers a provocative account of the role of sexology in our contemporary culture. Examining key texts in the theories of sexuality, psychoanalysis, evolution, and economics, Lawrence Bir...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Birken, Lawrence, 1951-2003
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 1988.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The dissolution of political economy
  • The emergence of sexology
  • Evolution and devolution
  • Democratization and degeneration
  • Sexuality and history
  • Society and sexology
  • The disintegration of holism
  • Epilogue: "The sexual counterrevolution" in historical perspective.