Modernism and...: Sexual Deviance in Sexology and Literature, 1850-1930

Schaffner, A.

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.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2011-11-22

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9780230231634

DOI: 10.1057/9780230358904

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 315