The Sadeian Woman: An Exercise in Cultural History (Virago Modern Classics #79)
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- Synopsis
- Sexuality is power' - so says the Marquis de Sade, philosopher and pornographer extraordinaire. His virtuous Justine keeps to the rules laid down by men, her reward rape and humiliation; his Juliette, Justine's triumphantly monstrous antithesis, viciously exploits her sexuality. In a world where all tenderness is false, all beds are minefields.But now Sade has met his match. With invention and genius, Angela Carter takes on these outrageous figments of his extreme imagination, and transforms them into symbols of our time - the Hollywood sex goddesses, mothers and daughters, pornography, even the sacred shrines of sex and marriage lie devastatingly exposed before our eyes. Angela Carter delves into the viscera of our distorted sexuality and reveals a dazzling vision of love which admits neither of conqueror nor of conquered.
- Copyright:
- 1979
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 192 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780349008141
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781844083770
- Publisher:
- Little, Brown Book Group Limited
- Date of Addition:
- 09/14/21
- Copyrighted By:
- Angela Carter
- Adult content:
- Yes
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Romance, Literature and Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy, Psychology, Social Studies
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- Bookshare Staff
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- This is a copyrighted book.
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