The Erotic Doll: A Modern Fetish

by Marquard Smith

Since the 19th century, dolls have served as toys but also as objects of obsession, love, and lust. That century witnessed the emergence of the term "heterosexual" and of modern concepts of fetishism, perversity, and animism. Their convergence, and the demands of a growing consumer society resulted in a proliferation of waxworks, shop-window dummies, and customized love dolls, which also began to appear in art. Oskar Kokoschka commissioned a life-sized...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300152027
• ISBN13: 9780300152029
• Release Date: February 2014
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 2.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.6" x 9.3"