Modernism and Perversion

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.

Publication Year: 2012
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Format: H
Weight (Gram): 546