World Made Sexy: Freud to Madonna

by Paul Rutherford

Book Overview

The cult of eroticism is a pervasive force in modern society, affecting almost every aspect of our daily lives. In this book, Paul Rutherford argues that this phenomenon is a product of one of the major commercial and political enterprises of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries: the creation of desire - for sex, for wealth, and for entertainment. A World Made Sexy examines museum exhibitions, art, books, magazines, films, and television to explore...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080209466X
• ISBN13: 9780802094667
• Release Date: August 2007
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher