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The erotics of history : an Atlantic African example /

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The Erotics of History challenges long-standing notions of sexuality as stable and context-free, as something that individuals discover about themselves. Rather, Donald L. Donham argues that historical circumstance, local social pressure and the cultural construction of much beyond sex condition the...

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Main Author: Donham, Donald L. (Donald Lewis) (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Berekely : University of California Press, [2018]
Subjects:
Fetishism (Sexual behavior) > Africa > History.
Erotica > Africa > History.
Sex role > Africa > History.
Africa > Sexual behavior > History.
Africa > Social conditions > History.
Table of Contents:
  • Heading south : an introduction
  • Ethnography interruptus
  • The concept of the fetish
  • African origins
  • The poverty of sexuality
  • African sexual extraversion and getting in bed with Robert Mapplethorpe
  • Para-ethnography, golf, and the internet
  • White slavery
  • Love and money, romance and scam
  • Conclusion : towards an understanding of erotics.