This first major study of a curiously neglected term in the history of sexuality will intrigue students, scholars and enthusiasts alike. The authors take us through a journey across four centuries, showing how notions of sexual coldness and frigidity have been thought about by legal, medical, psychiatric, psychoanalytic and literary writers. PETER CRYLE is author of 'Geometry in the Boudoir' (1996), 'The Telling ofthe Act' (2002), and 'La Crise du plaisir, 1740-1830' (2003). He also co-edited 'Libertine Enlightenment' with Lisa O'Connell (2004) and 'Sexuality at the Fin de Siècle' (2008) with Christopher Forth. . . ALISON MOORE is a Scholar of Modern European Intellectual History. She teaches and researches in International Studies and Cultural Studies at the University of Technology, Sydney, Australia. She is the author of 'Sexual Myths of Modernity; Sadism, Masochism and Historical Teleology' (2011). INDICE: Introduction. A Long History of a Pseudo-Scientific Object - Frigiditas and Impotentia - Female Impotence in the Nineteenth Century - Vaginismus- The Late Nineteenth Century: A Multiplicity of Genres - The Wedding Night -Treatment 1: Medicine - Treatment 2: Psychology - Relocating Marie Bonaparte's Clitoris - Conclusion - Bibliography -
- ISBN: 978-0-230-30345-4
- Editorial: Palgrave MacM
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 328
- Fecha Publicación: 21/10/2011
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés