The clitoris was absent in anatomy books, in paintings and sculptures,
absent in spirit and even body; it has long been the organ of erased
pleasure. We assume that this oversight has been repaired in our
times: today, the clitoris is not forgotten but honoured. Conferences,
books, manifestos, works of art are all devoted to it. The autonomy of
clitoral jouissance is recognized. The boundaries of feminism have
also moved: queer, intersex and trans approaches claim that the
clitoris is perhaps no longer the exclusive preserve of the woman. And
yet, there remains a wounded space. Because genital mutilation is
still common practice. Because millions of women are still denied
pleasure. The clitoris continues to mark the enigmatic space of the
feminine. Constrained by the extreme difficulty and the extreme
urgency of returning to this scorched earth, it is time to give voice
to an organ of pleasure which has still not become an organ of
thought.
Les mer
The Clitoris Unthought
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781509549948
Publisert
2022
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Polity
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Product language
Engelsk
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Digital bok
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