Sex and punishment : four thousand years of judging desire /
The "raging frenzy" of the sex drive, to use Plato's phrase, has always defied control. However, that's not to say that the Sumerians, Victorians, and every civilization in between and beyond have not tried, wielding their most formidable weapon: the law. At any given point in ti...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berkeley, CA :
Counterpoint,
2012.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | The "raging frenzy" of the sex drive, to use Plato's phrase, has always defied control. However, that's not to say that the Sumerians, Victorians, and every civilization in between and beyond have not tried, wielding their most formidable weapon: the law. At any given point in time, some forms of sex were condoned while others were punished mercilessly. Jump forward or backward a century or two (and often far less than that), and the harmless fun of one time period becomes the gravest crime in another. Judging Desire tells the story of the struggle throughout the millennia to regulate the most. |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (456 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 411-434) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781619020788 (electronic) 1619020785 (electronic) |