Female Perversions: The Temptations of Emma Bovary [Anglais] [Broché]

Distinguished psychoanalyst and author Louise Kaplan scrutinizes the world of sexual perversions and exposes the misconceptions behind them in her masterful study, Female Perversions. Her effort earned the book a nomination for a National Book Critics Circle Award. Kaplan's general thesis is that perversions are as much a function of gender role identity as they are of sexuality. Her thesis also maintains that the predominantly male medical profession has created and perpetuated many of the myths of perverse female sexual behavior. The book outlines various types of perverse behavior--fetishism, voyeurism, exhibitionism--and then analyzes each type outside of society's traditional perspective. As she expounds on her theory, Kaplan invokes Gustave Flaubert's Madame Bovary. She sees many parallels between the plight of Emma Bovary and the perception of female perversions in society today. Kaplan writes lucidly, offering an enlightening insight into the provocative and complex issue of female erotic expression to a range of readers. --Ce texte fait référence à une édition épuisée ou non disponible de ce titre.

Kaplan, citing the behavior of Flaubert's Madame Bovary and such literary figures as George Sand and Edith Wharton, demonstrates her belief that female perversions are gender-identity disorders that parody feminine ideals. "This masterful study breaks new ground in our understanding of sexuality, gender roles and the way modern society trivializes erotic expression," said PW.
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New York psychoanalyst Kaplan mixes Freudian theories with gender stereotyping and comes up with perversions--aberrant human behaviors designed to deceive the conscious mind and subvert anxieties, feelings of shame, repressed aggression, and cross-gender ambitions. For proof, she relies on case studies and her analysis of major characters in Flaubert's Ma dame Bovary . Although she emphasizes "female" perversions--defined as kleptomania, anorexia, and "delicate self-cutting"--Kaplan also gives an overview of such "male" aberrations as exhibitionism and pedophilia, plus an analysis of four perverse male scenarios reported in the literature. A comprehensive and compelling academic work, well documented and replete with many literary references--not to mention jargon. Recommended for academic libraries and public libraries with large women's studies collections.
-Janice Arenofsky, formerly with Arizona State Lib., Phoenix
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"Lucid, provocative, and tremendously literate." --Ce texte fait référence à une édition épuisée ou non disponible de ce titre.

"This masterful study breaks ground in our understanding of sexuality, gender roles, and the way modern society trivializes erotic expression." --Ce texte fait référence à une édition épuisée ou non disponible de ce titre.

Combining feminist, Freudian, and literary perspectives, Dr. Kaplan has created a new template for developing ideas about the nature of female perversion. Women are socialized to collaborate with prevailing gender stereotypes, she argues. Accordingly, they devise strategies to hide what she calls "stolen phallic trophies"--intellectual mastery and erotic strivings--perverse strategies that often caricature their femininity. Female perversions. Dr. Kaplan's vision, welcomed by popular and professional audiences alike and nominated for a National Book Critics Circle Award, has now inspired a major motion picture from October Films starring Tilda Swinton and Amy Madigan. --Ce texte fait référence à une édition épuisée ou non disponible de ce titre.

Louise J. Kaplan challenges the traditional view that perversion represents deviant sexual behavior in this "fascinating and ambitious new study".--The New York Times Book Review. "This masterful study breaks new ground in our understanding of sexuality, gender roles and the way modern society trivializes erotic expression".--Publishers Weekly. --Ce texte fait référence à une édition épuisée ou non disponible de ce titre.

Louise J. Kaplan, Ph.D., is a distinguished psychoanalyst and lecturer and the author of five books. She is also editor of American Imago and associate editor of The Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic. Dr. Kaplan maintains a private practice in psychoanalysis and psychotherapy in New York City. --Ce texte fait référence à une édition épuisée ou non disponible de ce titre.