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Edward Shorter - Written in the Flesh: A History of Desire - 9780802038432 - V9780802038432
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Written in the Flesh: A History of Desire

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Description for Written in the Flesh: A History of Desire hardcover. Written in the Flesh is a history of what people like to do in bed and how that has changed. The change is relentless: human sexuality continually seeks new means of liberation in its expression of pleasure. Series: Heritage. Num Pages: 300 pages, 24 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JMU. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 31. Weight in Grams: 600.

Written in the Flesh is a history of sexual desire – a startling and provocative history of what people yearn to do sexually. It is the story of the whole body's need for sexual attention rather than simply the genitalia and their procreational function.

The desire for sexual pleasure and total body sex – that is, the expansion of sexuality from a limited focus on the face and genitals to include the entire body – is certainly not a new phenomenon: the ancient Greeks, Romans, and Chinese, amongst others, were quite familiar with eroticism that went beyond the strictly heterosexual and procreational. In ... Read more

This new work by renowned medical historian Edward Shorter demonstrates that desire is hard-wired into the brain, expressing itself in remarkably similar ways in men and women, adolescent and adult, and in gays, lesbians, and straights alike. Drawing from a wide array of sources, including memoirs, novels, collections of letters, diaries, and indeed a large pornographic corpus, Shorter explores the widening of Western society's sexual repertoire.

Written in the Flesh is a history of what people like to do in bed and how that has changed. The change is relentless: human sexuality continually seeks new means of liberation in its expression of pleasure.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
Series
Heritage
Number of Pages
300
Place of Publication
Toronto, Canada
ISBN
9780802038432
SKU
V9780802038432
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-28

About Edward Shorter
Edward Shorter is the Jason A. Hannah Professor of the History of Medicine and a professor of psychiatry in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto.

Reviews for Written in the Flesh: A History of Desire
'A good argument is one of the joys of life, especially if it includes wine or dessert. Edward Shorter is the sort of intelligent, entertaining writer with whom it is pleasure to argue.'
Wendy McElroy
Globe and Mail

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