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Perversion and the social relation / Molly Anne Rothenberg, Dennis Foster, and Slavoj Zizek, editors.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Rothenberg, Molly Anne, 1952-
Foster, Dennis A.
Žižek, Slavoj.
Series:
e-Duke books scholarly collection.
SIC (Durham, N.C.) ; 4.
Sic ; 4
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Paraphilias in literature.
Paraphilias.
Psychoanalysis and literature.
American fiction--20th century--History and criticism--Theory, etc.
American fiction.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (241 p.)
Place of Publication:
Durham [N.C.] : Duke University Press, c2003.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
Discusses the history, representation, and theorization of perversion and shows its relevance for understanding social relations, especially racism, liberalism, class antagonism, abjection, and multiculturalism, as well as considering its role in the esta
Contents:
Beneath the skin : perversion and social analysis / Molly Anne Rothenberg and Dennis Foster
Fatal west : W.S. Burroughs's perverse destiny / Dennis Foster
Perversion / Bruce Fink
"I know well, but all the same
" / Octave Mannoni
Exotic rituals and family values in exotica / Nina Schwartz
The ambiguity of the masochist social link / Slavoj Zizek
Confessions of a medieval sodomite / James Penney
"As if set free into another land" : homosexuality, rebellion and community in William Styron's The confessions of Nat Turner / Michael P. Bibler
Contamination's germinations / E.L. McCallum.
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references ([p. 211]-216) and index.
ISBN:
9786612920714
9781282920712
1282920715
9780822384724
0822384728
OCLC:
850218643

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