The Mastery of Submission: Inventions of Masochism (Cornell Studies in the History of Psychiatry)
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| Rating | : | 4.13 (633 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0801433452 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-03-18 |
| Language | : | English |
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According to Noyes, the thematics of feminine masochism emerged only gradually from an exclusively male concept. The evolution of the concepts is documented by masochistic scenes in literature from John Cleland's Fanny Hill through Sacher-Masoch's Venus in Furs and Pauline Reage's Story of O. . From the Back Cover Just over a hundred years ago, the Viennese physician Richard von Krafft-Ebing coined the term "masochism", after Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, who depicted pleasurable submission to cruelty in his novels. In a society of accelerating technological change and rampant social violence, the individual was believed to be rational and self-determined. Analysis of Freud's vastly influential rereading of masochism precedes an exploration of the work of his successors, including Wilhem Reich, Theodor Reik, Helene Deutsch, and Karen Horney. Noyes analyzes the social and political problems that inspired the concept, suggesting, for
-- Elaine Showalter, Princeton UniversityIndividuals sometimes derive sexual pleasure from submission to cruel discipline. While that predilection was noted as early as the sixteenth century, masochism was not codified as a concept until 1890. Noyes analyzes the social and political problems that inspired the concept, suggesting, for example, that the triumphant expansion of European colonialism was in part animated by an ambivalence in masculine sexuality.Noyes documents the evolution of the concept of masochism with scenes in literature from John Cleland's Fanny Hill through Sacher-Masoch's Venus in Furs and Pauline Reage's Story of O. "A very erudite, comprehensive, and searching study, which investigates masochism from a variety of perspectives". According to John K. Noyes suggests that the thematics of feminine masochism emerged only gradually from an exclusively male concept.. Noyes, its invention reflected a crisis in the liberal understanding of subjectivity and sexuality which continues to inform discussions of masochism today. Analysis of Freud's vastly influential rereading of masochism precedes an expl