{"product_id":"the-erotics-of-history-donald-l-donham-9780520296312","title":"The Erotics of History: An Atlantic African Example","description":"A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Erotics of History\u003c\/i\u003e challenges long-standing notions of sexuality as stable and context-free--as something that individuals discover about themselves. Rather, Donald L. Donham argues that historical circumstance, local social pressure, and the cultural construction of much beyond sex condition the erotic. Donham makes this argument in relation to the centuries-old conversation on the fetish, applied to a highly unusual neighborhood in Atlantic Africa. There, local men, soon to be married to local women, are involved in long-term sexual relationships with European men. On the African side, these couplings are motivated by the pleasures of cosmopolitan connection and foreign commodities. On the other side, Europeans tend to fetishize Africans' race, while a few search to become slaves in master\/ slave relationships. At its most wide ranging, \u003ci\u003eThe Erotics of History \u003c\/i\u003eattempts to show that it is history, both personal and collective, in reversals and reenactments, that finally produces sexual excitement.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Donald L. Donham\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520296311\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520296312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/16\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 152\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.41lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.33d","brand":"Donald L. Donham","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44245045379327,"sku":"9780520296312","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1cd786c4-b330-42fe-8d24-416a7bfd0784.jpg?v=1693925803","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-erotics-of-history-donald-l-donham-9780520296312","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}