Warring Pleasures and their Price
Sex in the City in Irmgard Keun'S Das Kunstseidene Mädchen and Andrea Maria Schenkel's Kalteis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9852327 |
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| Authors | Elizabeth Boa (University of Nottingham, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 62 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 343-358 |
| Publication date | 2009-07-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | German Life and Letters (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0016-8777 • E-ISSN: 1468-0483 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1468-0483.2009.01468.x |
| OpenAlex | W2087161481 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 7 |
This essay explores connections between the literary representation of women's pleasure, the aesthetic evaluation of fiction perceived as pleasurable reading for women, and sex/gender discourse stretching back to the eighteenth century as the age which saw the beginnings of a recognisably modern literary market. These reflections provide a framework to consider the kinds of pleasure offered by two novels, one from the last century and one recent best‐seller, which portray pleasure‐seeking women in the city and what happens to them
Aesthetics · Art · Linguistics · Literature · Pleasure · Political science · Popular fiction · Psychotherapist · Reading (process · Representation (politics · Sociology · Gender Studies · German Literature and Culture Studies · Historical, Literary, and Cultural Studies · Law · Philosophy · Psychoanalysis and Social Critique · Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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