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In praise of the whip : a cultural history of arousal / Niklaus Largier ; translated by Graham Harman.

Van Pelt Library HQ79 .L3513 2007
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Largier, Niklaus, 1957-
Standardized Title:
Lob der Peitsche. English
Language:
English
German
Subjects (All):
Flagellation--History.
Flagellation.
Sadomasochism--History.
Sadomasochism.
History.
Physical Description:
526 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Place of Publication:
New York : Zone Books ; Cambridge, Mass. : Distrubuted by the MIT Press, 2007.
Summary:
The emotional and sensual, religious and erotic excitement of the whip, a crucial instrument of stimulation in devotional and sexual practices, as seen in religious, literary, and medical texts and images.
Contents:
Part 1 Ascesis
I Suffering, Transfiguration, and the Scourge 35
II In Praise of the Whip 75
III The Theater of the Flagellants 101
IV Arousing Images 175
Part 2 Erotics
V The Priest, the Woman, and the Divine Marquis 221
VI The "English Vice" 333
Part 3 Therapeutics
VII The "Healing Whip" 369
VIII Pico's Friend; or, The Basis of Flagellomania 425.
Notes:
Translation of: Lob der Peitsche.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 471-513) and index.
ISBN:
189095165X
9781890951658
1890951668
9781890951665
OCLC:
65207157

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