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Tylko seks? Antropologia erotyzmu od Sade'a do Houellebecqa
Only Sex? Anthropology of Eroticism from Sade to Houellebecq

Author(s): Mieczysław Dąbrowski
Subject(s): Anthropology, Social Sciences, Essay|Book Review |Scientific Life, Sociology, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Culture and social structure , Cultural Essay
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: love literature; eroticism; sex; perversion; pornography; Sade; Houellebecq
Summary/Abstract: The author discusses well-known theories on sex and sexuality and analyses the works in which the narrative focuses on the issues of biology, body, sex, and eroticism. Moreover, the ongoing discourse in culture regarding this subject is presented against a broad backdrop of civilization changes and the thresholds of linguistic resistance, established by law, customs, or religion, which the language of literature overcame, more and more freely describing the issues of eroticism.

  • E-ISBN-13: 978-83-235-3468-6
  • Print-ISBN-13: 978-83-235-3460-0
  • Page Count: 286
  • Publication Year: 2018
  • Language: Polish