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Venus in Furs

Venus in Furs

Paperback

EroticaRomanceClassic Fiction

ISBN10: 153313619X
ISBN13: 9781533136190
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: May 7 2016
Pages: 206
Weight: 0.62
Height: 0.44 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Most of us are familiar with the term masochism, but few have read the scandalous story that gave a name to the fetish: Leopold von Sacher-Masoch's novella Venus in Furs (Venus im Pelz), first published in Stuttgart, Germany, in 1870. A sensational depiction of an erotic passion that defies the norms of nineteenth-century sexuality and gender, the story charts the stages of masculine obsession and collapse, leading a cultivated European aristocrat from his fantasy of abasement at the hands of a domineering woman to a climax of brutal physical violence. It remains a foundational work of modern culture, defining a sexual perversion while also offering a critical lens through which to view persistent structures of masculinity and power.

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