Orgasm And The West

Author : Robert Muchembled
Publisher : Polity
ISBN 13 : 0745638767
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Orgasm and the West written by Robert Muchembled and published by Polity. This book was released on 2008-11-10 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can the orgasm be explained in historical terms? Robert Muchembled's book unearths fascinating sources which suggest that we need to look with a fresh eye at the past and realize that the sublimation of the erotic impulse was far more than simple religious ascetism - it was the hidden driving force of the West until the 1960s.

Author : Richard Bernstein
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0375713891
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The East, the West, and Sex written by Richard Bernstein and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2010-07-27 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this wide-ranging history, Richard Bernstein explores the connection between sex and power as it has played out between Eastern cultures and the Western explorers, merchants, and conquerors who have visited them. This illuminating book describes the historical and ongoing encounter between these travelers and the morally ambiguous opportunities they found in foreign lands. Bernstein’s narrative teems with real figures, from Marco Polo and his investigation into the harem of Kublai Khan; the nineteenth-century American missionary Isabella Thoburn and her efforts to stamp out the “sinfulness” of the Mughal culture of India; Gustave Flaubert and his dalliances with Egyptian prostitutes; to modern-day sex tourists in Southeast Asia, as well as the women that they both exploit and enrich. Provocative and insightful, The East, The West, and Sex is a lucid look at a pervasive and yet mostly ignored subject.

Author : Hannah Frith
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137304375
Total Pages : 203 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Orgasmic Bodies written by Hannah Frith and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-06-30 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Orgasmic Bodies explores how bodily experiences of orgasm are worked up as present/absent, complicated/straightforward, too slow/too fast, fake or real, in the doing of masculinities and femininities. Engaging with both science and popular culture it examines the meanings given to orgasmic bodies in contemporary heterosex.

Author : Robert Muchembled
Publisher : Polity
ISBN 13 : 0745638759
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Orgasm and the West written by Robert Muchembled and published by Polity. This book was released on 2008-12-03 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can the orgasm be explained in historical terms? Robert Muchembled's book unearths fascinating sources which suggest that we need to look with a fresh eye at the past and realize that the sublimation of the erotic impulse was far more than simple religious ascetism - it was the hidden driving force of the West until the 1960s.

Author : Kristen R. Ghodsee
Publisher : Bold Type Books
ISBN 13 : 1568588895
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism written by Kristen R. Ghodsee and published by Bold Type Books. This book was released on 2018-11-20 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A spirited, deeply researched exploration of why capitalism is bad for women and how, when done right, socialism leads to economic independence, better labor conditions, better work-life balance and, yes, even better sex. In a witty, irreverent op-ed piece that went viral, Kristen Ghodsee argued that women had better sex under socialism. The response was tremendous — clearly she articulated something many women had sensed for years: the problem is with capitalism, not with us. Ghodsee, an acclaimed ethnographer and professor of Russian and East European Studies, spent years researching what happened to women in countries that transitioned from state socialism to capitalism. She argues here that unregulated capitalism disproportionately harms women, and that we should learn from the past. By rejecting the bad and salvaging the good, we can adapt some socialist ideas to the 21st century and improve our lives. She tackles all aspects of a woman's life - work, parenting, sex and relationships, citizenship, and leadership. In a chapter called "Women: Like Men, But Cheaper," she talks about women in the workplace, discussing everything from the wage gap to harassment and discrimination. In "What To Expect When You're Expecting Exploitation," she addresses motherhood and how "having it all" is impossible under capitalism. Women are standing up for themselves like never before, from the increase in the number of women running for office to the women's march to the long-overdue public outcry against sexual harassment. Interest in socialism is also on the rise -- whether it's the popularity of Bernie Sanders or the skyrocketing membership numbers of the Democratic Socialists of America. It's become increasingly clear to women that capitalism isn't working for us, and Ghodsee is the informed, lively guide who can show us the way forward.

Author : Hugh B. Urban
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520247760
Total Pages : 349 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Magia Sexualis written by Hugh B. Urban and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2006-10-04 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book offers a fascinating account of the development of Western sexual magic through the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Urban focuses on an extraordinary set of historical figures, and his rich analysis illuminates the sexual—and supernatural—undercurrents that have shaped modernity."—Randall Styers, author of Making Magic: Religion, Magic, and Science in the Modern World

Author : Deborah Sundahl
Publisher : Hunter House
ISBN 13 : 089793380X
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Female Ejaculation and the G-spot written by Deborah Sundahl and published by Hunter House. This book was released on 2003 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Like men, women also can ejaculate, enhancing and intensifying their sexual pleasure. In an open, positive style, Deborah Sundahl presents information about female ejaculation including scientific findings, anatomical illustrations, historical accounts, a chapter on how men can help their female partners to ejaculate, and women's and men's experiences collected during the past two decades.

Author : Gail Hawkes
Publisher : Polity
ISBN 13 : 9780745616711
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sex and Pleasure in Western Culture written by Gail Hawkes and published by Polity. This book was released on 2004-07-16 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sex and Pleasure in Western Culture provides the first comprehensive overview of desire and pleasure in western sexual culture. It argues that both have always been seen as socially disruptive and morally dangerous and offers an entertaining account of the methods by which these attributes of sex were managed across the centuries from Classical Antiquity to the present day. The book develops the hypothesis that, while expressed in very different social contexts, sexual pleasure has evoked very similar anxieties. The text draws on historical, cultural, sociological and contemporary sources and is easily accessible for both the general reader and students of gender and sexual culture. In addition to telling a story of its own, Sex and Pleasure in Western Culture examines lesser-known aspects of sexual history that invite further exploration by the interested reader. These range from sexual aestheticism in the 4th century AD and the sexual meaning of medieval church gargoyles, through to sexual training in the 1950s and 21st century sex holidays. The book will provide a compelling read for both students of sexuality and lay readers who find the complexities of human sexuality a source of fascination.

Author : Thomas Laqueur
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674543553
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Making Sex written by Thomas Laqueur and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1992-02 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: History of sex in the West from the ancients to the moderns by describing the developments in reproductive anatomy and physiology.

Author : Margo Anand
Publisher : TarcherPerigee
ISBN 13 : 9780874775815
Total Pages : 468 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Art of Sexual Ecstasy written by Margo Anand and published by TarcherPerigee. This book was released on 1990-12-01 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This landmark book on human sexuality makes the sacred lovemaking techniques of the East fully comprehensible to Western readers. Elegantly illustrated, it helps the reader acquire new attitudes and broaden his or her range of experience, to revitalize and strengthen relationships. This book opens the way to a new stage of fulfillment and bliss, making the sacred lovemaking techniques of the east available to western readers and extending sensual experience for everyone. "The most comprehensive and clearly written work on contemporary Tantric sex. An exceptional detailed program for both the beginner and the advanced practitioner." —Herbert A. Otto, author of “Total Sex”.