Arousal
Bodies and Pleasures
by Martha Roth
Melding personal history with the ideas of thinkers ranging from
Michel Foucault and Freud to Catharine MacKinnon and Stephen Jay Gould,
Martha Roth attempts in Arousal to paint a portrait of the web
of sexual stimuli surrounding us, as well as to understand our
difficulty in discussing and confronting our true needs. Surveying
her own sexual history and the experiences of her family, Roth notes
that we are impeded in our understanding of our sexuality by a language
of sex that separates our bodies from our minds and our spirit.
Absorbing, intimate, thoughtful, and provocative, Arousal is a
plea for a future in which our compartmentalization of sex falls away,
leaving us with more of what matters: in Foucault's terms, “bodies and
pleasures.”
Martha Roth
Author's Bio:Martha Roth is the author of Arousal, co-editor of Transforming a Rape Culture (both published by Milkweed Editions). Her other books include Mother Journeys: Feminists Write about Mothering, and the critically acclaimed novel Goodness.
Educated at l'Universite de Paris-Sorbonne and at the University of Chicago, Roth is the founding editor of Hurricane Alice: A Feminist Quarterly. She
has lectured the University of Waterloo (Ontario), the University of
Massachusetts at Amherst, the University of Illinois at Chicago, and
Sklodowska-Curie University, Lublin (Poland). Her play, The Life, was produced by the Theater at the Foot of the Mountain in 1979. Roth lives in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Quotes:“This lyrical look at sexual desire through a woman's eyes is intimate,
insightful, and thought provoking—a pleasure dip for both mind and
soul.”—Utne Reader
“A significant contribution to a complex, sensitive, and universal human experience. Highly recommended."—Midwest Book Review
“Roth
skillfully mixes feminist theory of sexuality with her own embodied
experience. The result is an artful and philosophical memoir—thoughtful, brave, and surprising.”—Lewis Hyde, author of Trickster Makes This World |
Price:
$ 20.00
Binding: Cloth
Availability In Stock: 148
immediately
Publisher: Milkweed Editions
Published: 1998
Size: 5.5 x 8.5
Genre: Nonfiction/Gender Studies
Pages: 195
ISBN: 9781571312204
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