Solitary Sex: A Cultural History of Masturbation

Solitary Sex: A Cultural History of Masturbation

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The book's wide range begins with the prehistory of solitary sex in the Bible and ends with third-wave feminism, conceptual artists and the Web. It explains how and why this humble and once obscure means of sexual gratification became the evil twin - or the perfect instance - of the great virtues of modern humanity and commercial society: individual moral autonomy and privacy, creativity and the imagination, abundance and desire.

Author: Thomas W Laqueur
Format: Hardback, 504 pages, 152mm x 229mm, 948 g
Published: 2003, Zone Books, United States
Genre: Sex & Sexuality

Vendor: Secondhand Stock
SKU: 9781890951320-SECONDHAND
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The book's wide range begins with the prehistory of solitary sex in the Bible and ends with third-wave feminism, conceptual artists and the Web. It explains how and why this humble and once obscure means of sexual gratification became the evil twin - or the perfect instance - of the great virtues of modern humanity and commercial society: individual moral autonomy and privacy, creativity and the imagination, abundance and desire.