Solitary Pleasures

Author : Paula Bennett
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134715331
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Solitary Pleasures written by Paula Bennett and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-04-23 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Solitary Pleasures is the first anthology to address masturbation, exploring both the history and artistic representation of autoeroticism. Masturbation today enjoys a highly equivocal and contradictory status among cultural discourses relating to sexuality. On the one hand, it is the subject of much popular treatment, especially in sexual self-help books, advice columns, and in pop culture--for example, Madonna's "Like a Virgin" performance, a recent Roseanne episode, and David Russell's movie Spanking the Monkey. On the other hand, masturbation is still a taboo subject for most people in everyday conversation. Perhaps more surprising, it has been largely dismissed by academics as a trivial, humorous topic and the "history of a delusion." It was not until the eighteenth century that "onanism" was portrayed as a morbid act of epidemic proportions that produced pox, hair loss, blindness, insanity, impotence and a horrible. Its prevention and treatment warranted diverse and often cruel measures: surveillance, diets, drugs, corsets, electrical alarms, urethral cauterization, clitoridectomy, and labial sewing. This literature's apocalyptic warnings about the personal and social morbidity of "pollution-by-the-hand" are largely unknown to most people today, but the ghostly echoes of these admonitions still inform and preserve the present taboo of the subject. Why did this apparently innocuous activity become so overpoweringly stigmatized? Why was the eradication of masturbation one of the most important goals of 19th century public hygiene? Why, even after the "sexual revolution," is masturbation still shrouded in shame?

Author : Paula Bennett
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134715269
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Solitary Pleasures written by Paula Bennett and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-04-23 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Solitary Pleasures is the first anthology to address masturbation, exploring both the history and artistic representation of autoeroticism. Masturbation today enjoys a highly equivocal and contradictory status among cultural discourses relating to sexuality. On the one hand, it is the subject of much popular treatment, especially in sexual self-help books, advice columns, and in pop culture--for example, Madonna's "Like a Virgin" performance, a recent Roseanne episode, and David Russell's movie Spanking the Monkey. On the other hand, masturbation is still a taboo subject for most people in everyday conversation. Perhaps more surprising, it has been largely dismissed by academics as a trivial, humorous topic and the "history of a delusion." It was not until the eighteenth century that "onanism" was portrayed as a morbid act of epidemic proportions that produced pox, hair loss, blindness, insanity, impotence and a horrible. Its prevention and treatment warranted diverse and often cruel measures: surveillance, diets, drugs, corsets, electrical alarms, urethral cauterization, clitoridectomy, and labial sewing. This literature's apocalyptic warnings about the personal and social morbidity of "pollution-by-the-hand" are largely unknown to most people today, but the ghostly echoes of these admonitions still inform and preserve the present taboo of the subject. Why did this apparently innocuous activity become so overpoweringly stigmatized? Why was the eradication of masturbation one of the most important goals of 19th century public hygiene? Why, even after the "sexual revolution," is masturbation still shrouded in shame?

Author : Stephanie Rosenbloom
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 039956232X
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Alone Time written by Stephanie Rosenbloom and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2019-06-04 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wise, passionate account of the pleasures of traveling solo In our hectic, hyperconnected lives, many people are uncomfortable with the prospect of solitude. Yet a little time to ourselves can be an opportunity to slow down, savor, and try new things, especially when traveling. Through on-the-ground reporting, insights from social science, and recounting the experiences of artists, writers, and innovators who cherished solitude, Stephanie Rosenbloom considers how traveling alone deepens appreciation for everyday beauty, bringing into sharp relief the sights, sounds, and smells that one isn't necessarily attuned to in the presence of company. Walking through four cities--Paris, Florence, Istanbul, and New York--and four seasons, Alone Time gives us permission to pause, to relish the sensual details of the world rather than hurtling through museums and uploading photos to Instagram. In chapters about dining out, visiting museums, and pursuing knowledge, we begin to see how the moments we have to ourselves--on the road or at home--can be used to enrich our lives. Rosenbloom's engaging and elegant prose makes Alone Time as warmly intimate an account as the details of a trip shared by a beloved friend--and will have its many readers eager to set off on their own solo adventures.

Author : Kay Young
Publisher : Ohio State University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780814208847
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ordinary Pleasures written by Kay Young and published by Ohio State University Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text seeks to offer a new theory of narrative in its uncovering of how conversations and comic interchanges between lovers in stories create an intimacy and happiness of the everyday. Drawing on a diverse body of theory (from sociolinguistics to philosophy to literary criticism) and reading an unexpectedly eclectic group of texts (works by Shakespeare and Tolstoy appear beside Casablanca and I Love Lucy) Kay Young explores how narrative couples play together, struggle together, and return to one another to experience what it means to be in a relationship over time.

Author : Nell Grey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781841990798
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Solitary Pleasures written by Nell Grey and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Susannah Seton
Publisher : Mango Media
ISBN 13 : 1609253418
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Simple Pleasures of the Kitchen written by Susannah Seton and published by Mango Media. This book was released on 2005-02-01 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of recipes, crafts, and activities to bring your family together in the kitchen, from the author of Simple Pleasures of the Garden. The kitchen really is the heart of the home. It’s the first place family and friends gather, not only to prepare and eat food, but to chat, sip tea, snack on home-baked cookies, unwind after a tough day, and reconnect with loved ones. The latest in the Simple Pleasures series of books, Simple Pleasures of the Kitchen captures the essence of the kitchen. It offers a cornucopia of recipes, food-based crafts, food facts and tips, and family activities, as well as stories from kitchens around the world sure to warm anyone’s heart, no matter what the weather. Organized by season, the book offers: Spring Flings, The Savor of Summer, Autumn’s Abundance, and Cozying Up in Winter. Recipes include comforting mashed potatoes, fresh summer risotto, delicious meatloaf, and heart-warming brownies and popovers. The super-simple jam recipe will go great with popovers, or as a gift in jars you’ve decorated yourself. You can satisfy your sweet tooth and your soul at the same time! Susannah Seton’s Simple Pleasures books continually delight readers with their down-home recipes, crafts, and activities that bring the whole family together. Don’t miss this one. “This enchanting and entertaining book reminds us of the importance of these times, how the simplest of events and day-to-day activities all blend to create cherished memories.”—Jonathon King, cofounder of Stonewall Kitchen, from the Introduction

Author : John Platts
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 844 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Pleasures of Human Life, Examined and Enumerated written by John Platts and published by . This book was released on 1822 with total page 844 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Henry Ward Beecher
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 930 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Original Plymouth Pulpit written by Henry Ward Beecher and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 930 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Henry Ward Beecher
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 514 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Sermons of Henry Ward Beecher written by Henry Ward Beecher and published by . This book was released on 1871 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Thomas Walter Laqueur
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Solitary Sex written by Thomas Walter Laqueur and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A historical account of masturbation as a moral issue and cultural taboo.