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Summary:

"The Erotics of History challenges long-standing notions of sexuality as stable and context-free--as something that individuals discover about themselves. Rather, Donald L. Donham argues that historical circumstance, local social pressure, and the cultural construction of much beyond sex condition the erotic. Donham makes this argument in relation to the centuries-old conversation on the fetish, applied to a highly unusual neighborhood in Atlantic Africa. There, local men, soon to be married to local women, are involved in long-term sexual relationships with European men. On the African side, these couplings are motivated by the pleasures of cosmopolitan connection and foreign commodities. On the other side, Europeans tend to fetishize Africans' race, while a few search to become slaves in master/ slave relationships. At its most wide ranging, The Erotics of History attempts to show that it is history, both personal and collective, in reversals and reenactments, that finally produces sexual excitement."--Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents:

• Heading south : an introduction
• Ethnography interruptus
• The concept of the fetish
• African origins
• The poverty of sexuality
• African sexual extraversion and getting in bed with Robert Mapplethorpe
• Para-ethnography, golf, and the internet
• White slavery
• Love and money, romance and scam
• Conclusion : towards an understanding of erotics.

Author/Creator:

Donham, Donald L. (Donald Lewis) , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

The erotics of history: an Atlantic African example [by Donham, D.L.]

Other Related Resources:

Print version: Erotics of history [by Donham, D.L.] (Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018] — ISBN 0520296311; ISBN 9780520296312; LCCN 2017044673; OCLC Number 1006521016)

Subjects:

Fetishism (Sexual behavior) — Africa — History

Erotica — Africa — History

Sex role — Africa — History

Africa — Sexual behavior — History

Africa — Social conditions — History

Fetishism (Sexual behavior)

Erotica

Sex role

Sex

Social conditions

Africa

Genres:

History

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on: Online resource; title from PDF title page (Luminos, viewed May 10, 2018).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 136 pages) : illustrations

Digital Characteristics:

text file

Call Numbers:

HQ79 .D664 2018eb

ISBNs:

0520296311 (electronic bk.)
9780520968875 (electronic bk.)
9780520296312 (electronic bk.)
0520968875 (electronic bk.)

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2017044673

OCLC Numbers:

1028980512