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Paperback. 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. Num Pages: 236 pages, ca. 30 photos, notes, filmography, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 327.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
McFarland & Co Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Weight
326g
Number of Pages
236
Place of Publication
Jefferson, NC, United States
ISBN
9780786447947
SKU
V9780786447947
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Ref
99-1
About Anthony Ferguson
A member of the Australian Horror Writers Association, Anthony Ferguson is a government project officer in Western Australia.
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