Sex Doll

A History

Häftad, Engelska, 2010

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This scholarly study of the centuries-long history of fornicatory dolls examines the enduring obsession with creating an idealized, silent female sexual object and the manifestations of this desire through the ages in mythology, literature, art, philosophy and science. This particular sexual impulse has been expressed in a great variety of forms such as statues, mannequins, sex dolls, and gynoids (robots). In particular this study focuses on the evolution of the sex doll through its original incarnation as a sack cloth effigy, through the marketing of inflatable dolls, to the current elaborate cyber-technology figures, in an attempt to discover the hidden drives and desires which fuel this ongoing fantasy of creating a perfect, powerless, silent partner.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2010-08-09
Mått152 x 229 x 12 mm
Vikt318 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor236
FörlagMcFarland & Co Inc
ISBN9780786447947

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Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Preface Introduction ONE. The Origin of the Species TWO. She Ain’t Heavy, She’s Just Rubber THREE. The Great Leap Forward FOUR. I Am Your Automatic Lover FIVE. Forever Young SIX. Consumable Women SEVEN. Sex Doll Stereotypes EIGHT. The Vagaries of Masculine Desire NINE. The Dark Side of Desire TEN. Do Androids Dream of Electric Orgasm? ELEVEN. Revulsion, Lust and Love Conclusion: Disengage from Society and Plug into the Network Chapter Notes Bibliography Index