Books : Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson
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by: Camille Paglia
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 809.03
EAN: 9780679735793
ISBN: 0679735798
Label: Vintage Books
Manufacturer: Vintage Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 736
Publication Date: August 20, 1991
Publisher: Vintage Books
Release Date: August 20, 1991
Sales Rank: 193787
Studio: Vintage Books
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From ancient Egypt through the nineteenth century, Sexual Personae explores the provocative connections between art and pagan ritual; between Emily Dickinson and the Marquis de Sade; between Lord Byron and Elvis Presley. It ultimately challenges the cultural assumptions of both conservatives and traditional liberals. 47 photographs.
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Rating:  - Impressive Ideas
Camille's ideas are very original. The book combines philosphy, psichology, mithology, art, literature and antrophology to understand the basis of our society, specially the diferences between genders. The first two chapters are spectacular. After that, the book becomes too specific, but still worth reading.
Rating:  - Masculist review
I am pretending this book was written by a man. That's why I gave it three stars, which doesn't include the extra star or two women writers of non-fiction usually automatically get.
Depending on the author, reading their book can make the reader feel like he (the reader..that's right, HE) is being intelectually stimulated, while at the same time getting muddle-headed and confused. That is definitely the case with Sexual Personae. Oh well, I guess it's just me, but I like to have the ... Read More
Rating: - Stunning
The pages of this book crackle with brilliance, audacity, egomania, exaggeration, wit, half-truths, whole truths, breath taking insights, razor sharp criticisms, etc. It is as much about the titannic intellect of Paglia as it is about art. Her feminism, deeply rooted in biology and nature, rather than absurdly elitist women's studies departments, is all you need to know about feminism that really matters. An amazing book.
Rating: - The Attack of the 50 Foot Lesbian
Paglia is a hard read. She is everything you love to hate and as a practicing lesbian she stands out in the field of feminists railing against their vulnerabilities. Personally, I thought the interview she gave Playboy years ago was much much more telling.
She is 'absolutely miiltant' about much of her stand against various aspects of the Feminist platform of ideals. She supports the belief that strippers have ultimate power over hapless males, and that prostitutes enjoy their work. ... Read More
Rating: - An Erotics of Art
Way back when Susan Sontag was still an important critic, she said, "In place of hermeneutics we need an erotics of art." Well, here it is.
The basic thesis of this book is simple, though its consequences are far-ranging. She maintains that aesthetic principles are rooted in the artist's perception of and ideas about nature, sex, and women, (which are inextricable because, as she says, "sex is a subset of nature," and women have always been identified as a kind of avatar of nature). ... Read More
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