Female Perversions - Hardcover

Kaplan, Louise

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0385262337 ISBN 13: 9780385262330

Publisher: Nan A. Talese, 1990

Synopsis

Interweaves case studies and references to Flaubert's Emma Bovary into an exploration of the power with which women endow men to dominate them, thus nurturing the war of the sexes

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Review:

Distinguished psychoanalyst and author Louise Kaplan scrutinizes the world of sexual perversions and exposes the misconceptions behind them in her masterful study, Female Perversions. Her effort earned the book a nomination for a National Book Critics Circle Award. Kaplan's general thesis is that perversions are as much a function of gender role identity as they are of sexuality. Her thesis also maintains that the predominantly male medical profession has created and perpetuated many of the myths of perverse female sexual behavior. The book outlines various types of perverse behavior--fetishism, voyeurism, exhibitionism--and then analyzes each type outside of society's traditional perspective. As she expounds on her theory, Kaplan invokes Gustave Flaubert's Madame Bovary. She sees many parallels between the plight of Emma Bovary and the perception of female perversions in society today. Kaplan writes lucidly, offering an enlightening insight into the provocative and complex issue of female erotic expression to a range of readers.

About the Author:

Louise J. Kaplan, Ph.D., is a distinguished psychoanalyst and lecturer and the author of five books. She is also editor of American Imago and associate editor of The Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic. Dr. Kaplan maintains a private practice in psychoanalysis and psychotherapy in New York City.

About this edition

• Publisher: Nan A. Talese
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0385262337
• ISBN 13: 9780385262330
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 580