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.
| ISBN: | 9780230303454 |
| Publication date: | 2nd December 2011 |
| Author: | P M Cryle, Alison Moore |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan an imprint of Palgrave Macmillan UK |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 317 pages |
| Series: | Genders and Sexualities in History |
| Genres: |
History of science Social and cultural history Sociology: family and relationships History of medicine General and world history European history |
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.
Frigidity features in the following genres: History of science, Social and cultural history, Sociology: family and relationships, History of medicine, General and world history, European history
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Frigidity was written by P M Cryle, Alison Moore and published by Palgrave Macmillan an imprint of Palgrave Macmillan UK
Frigidity has 317 pages
Yes it is part of Genders and Sexualities in History series