Aydemir, Murat
Images of Bliss: Ejaculation, Masculinity, Meaning
- ISBN 13:
- 9780816648672
- author:
- Aydemir, Murat
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- University of Minnesota Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2007
- Pages:
- 384
- Dimensions:
- 22.4 x 15 x 2.8 cm
- Genre:
- Biology Textbook
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Aristotle believed semen to be the purest of all bodily secretions, a vehicle for the spirit or psyche that gives form to substance. In Images of Bliss Ejaculation, Masculinity, Meaning, Murat Aydemir undertakes an original and extensive analysis of images of male orgasm and semen. Through detailed case studies of diverse works, including Aristotle's On the Generation of Animals, Andres Serrano's art, paintings by Holbein and Leonardo, Proust's In Search of Lost Time, hard-core pornography, and key texts from the poststructuralist canon, Aydemir explores the complex possibilities for imagination, description, and cognition that both the idea and reality of semen make available. He examines how male ejaculation affects masculine subjectivity, arguing that it often questions, complicates, and displaces identity, meaning, and gender. Aydemir's analysis combines close readings with subtle theoretical elaboration, shedding light on the cultural ideals and anxieties attached to sexuality in Western culture.
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