Climaxing in other ways and other places
From plant spasms to psychopomp pillows
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2227174 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Agnès Giard (0000-0001-9031-0237, Freie Universität Berlin, corresponding author), Emmanuel Grimaud (0000-0002-9708-0494, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), Anne Christine Taylor (0000-0002-8920-7440, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), Anne-Christine Taylor |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 359-372 |
| Publication date | 2019-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Hau Journal of Ethnographic Theory (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2049-1115 • E-ISSN: 2575-1433 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/705812 |
| OpenAlex | W2986034850 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 7 |
Taking as a point of departure the status accorded to sexual orgasm in Western societies, we take a step back from modern "orgasmolatry" as well as from its critique. By considering the choices made in other cultural worlds and making room for concepts of sexuality among Amerindians of Amazonia, the latest Japanese sex toys, and the debates surrounding cybersex, it envisages new interpretative approaches to a topic that has spawned an abundant literature in other fields. Our aim is to open up avenues for reflecting on notions about the experience of orgasm in different cultural contexts. What exactly does the orgasm mean elsewhere? Is it viewed in the same way as in the West? Where it is cultivated as a sensitive moment in relationships between the living, what types of sociocosmological connections does it reveal
Aesthetics · Art · Human sexuality · Orgasm · Point (geometry · Social science · Sociology · Death, Funerary Practices, and Mourning · Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting Issues · Feminism, Gender, and Sexuality Studies · Gender Studies · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |