Selfish passions and artificial desire: rereading Clerambault's study of 'silk erotomania'

Authors :: Shera, Peta Allen
Source :: Journal of the History of Sexuality. January 2009, Vol. 18 Issue 1, p158, 22 p.
Publication Year :: 2009
Abstract: IN ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN 1908 AND 1910 the French psychiatrist Gaetan Gatian de Clerambault (1872-1934) presented four cases of women who displayed an autoerotic passion for pieces of silk that [...]

Subjects :: Women -- Sexual behavior
Psychiatrists -- Works -- Criticism and interpretation -- Sexual behavior
Erotomania (Delusion) -- Portrayals -- Discovery and exploration
Women's issues/gender studies
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Sexual behavior
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