The Erotics of History : An Atlantic African Example / / Donald L. Donham
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| Autore: |
Donham Donald L (Donald Lewis)
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| Titolo: |
The Erotics of History : An Atlantic African Example / / Donald L. Donham
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| Pubblicazione: | Oakland, : University of California Press, 2018 |
| Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2018] | |
| ©2018 | |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xi, 136 pages) : illustrations; PDF, digital file(s) |
| Disciplina: | 305.3096 |
| Soggetto topico: | Sex role - Africa - History |
| Erotica - Africa - History | |
| Fetishism (Sexual behavior) - Africa - History | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Africa Social conditions History |
| Africa Sexual behavior History | |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Heading south : an introduction -- Ethnography interruptus -- The concept of the fetish -- African origins -- The poverty of sexuality -- African sexual extraversion and getting in bed with Robert Mapplethorpe -- Para-ethnography, golf, and the internet -- White slavery -- Love and money, romance and scam -- Conclusion : towards an understanding of erotics. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | "The Erotics of History challenges long-standing notions of sexuality as stable and context-free--as something that individuals discover about themselves. Rather, Donald L. Donham argues that historical circumstance, local social pressure, and the cultural construction of much beyond sex condition the erotic. Donham makes this argument in relation to the centuries-old conversation on the fetish, applied to a highly unusual neighborhood in Atlantic Africa. There, local men, soon to be married to local women, are involved in long-term sexual relationships with European men. On the African side, these couplings are motivated by the pleasures of cosmopolitan connection and foreign commodities. On the other side, Europeans tend to fetishize Africans' race, while a few search to become slaves in master/ slave relationships. At its most wide ranging, The Erotics of History attempts to show that it is history, both personal and collective, in reversals and reenactments, that finally produces sexual excitement."--Provided by publisher. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The Erotics of History |
| ISBN: | 9780520968875 |
| 0520968875 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910268954703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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