Frigidity An Intellectual History
Description
This first major study of a curiously neglected term in the history of sexuality will intrigue students, scholars and enthusiasts alike. The authors take us through a journey across four centuries, showing how notions of sexual coldness and frigidity have been thought about by legal, medical, psychiatric, psychoanalytic and literary writers.
Keywords
ScienceHistorySocial HistoryWorldMedicalSocial ScienceSociologyMarriage & FamilyEurope
2011Book
Author(s)P. M. Cryle
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK
ISBN9780230303454
LanguageEnglish
