Details

Subject(s)

• Pornography—Social aspects [Browse]

Editor

Buttigieg, Lawrence [Browse]

Series

• At the interface/probing the boundaries ; Volume 131. [More in this series]
• At the interface/ probing the boundaries ; Volume 131

Summary note

The current erotic landscape is contradictory: While the West sees greater sexual and erotic freedom than ever, there is also a movement to restrict the behaviour of various sexual minorities. Expanding and Restricting the Erotic addresses the way in which the erotic has been constrained and freed, both historically and at present. Topics range from the troubling way in which the mainstream media represents the erotic, to the concept of friends with benefits. Other chapters explore female eroticism, from contemporary female hip hop artists to Latin American women seeking to express their eroticism in the midst of sexual repression. Medieval and Early Modern medical conceptions of the female body are explored, as are ancient Greek erotic practices. Finally, the controversial area of teenage girls’ erotic representation is analysed.

Source of description

Description based on print version record.

ISBN

90-04-42973-5

Doi

10.1163/9789004429734

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