Orgasm and the West: A History of Pleasure from the 16th Century to the Present by Robert Muchembled

Orgasm and the West: A History of Pleasure from the 16th Century to the Present

Robert Muchembled

323 pages first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction history informative reflective slow-paced
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Can the orgasm be explained in historical terms? An almost incommunicable individual emotion yet also a cultural reality, the orgasm is part of, but also escapes, collective experience. The history of the orgasm is that of the hidden body, of forb...

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