Cultures of the erotic in Spain, 1898-1939 / Maite Zubiaurre.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zubiaurre, Maite.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Erotica--Spain--History.

Erotica.

History.

Spain.

Physical Description:

xii, 398 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Nashville : Vanderbilt University Press, [2012]

Summary:

Zubiaurre (Spanish, U. of California, Los Angeles) specializes in 19th- and 20th-century Spanish literature. In an antique store in Madrid she came across an album of erotic photos that led her to further investigation. In this study she explores the erotic currents of Spanish culture that were suppressed under Franco's rule in the years subsequent to those under consideration. Drawing on a variety of materials--magazines, photographs, postcards, short films, writings on sexology and psychoanalysis, and moral treatises and philosophical essays--the author offers a remarkably in-depth cultural analysis. The volume is elegantly produced on coated stock, and, yes, many illustrations are included. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Historicizing eros

Sex at a distance : amatory elitisms

Erotic postcards : the spanish inventory

Sexual naturism : nudists and bathers

Sensual reflections : mirrors and books

Imported techno-eros : bicycles and typewriters

Patriotic sex : mantillas, cigarettes, and transvestites

Erotic fictions : narrated sex and pedagogy.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780826516961

0826516963

OCLC:

548642380