Studies in the psychology of sex. [Vol.5], Erotic symbolism : The mechanism of detumescence / by Havelock Ellis.

  • Havelock Ellis
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[1906]
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    Erotic Symbolism Crown Octavo, 285 Pages. Extra Cloth, $4.00, Net. I. Definition of Erotic Symbolism. II. Foot-fetichism and Shoe-fetichism. The Symbolism of Garments. III. Scatalogic Symbolism. IV. Animals as Sources of Erotic Symbolism. V. Exhibitionism. Illustrative Cases. A Symbolic Perversion of Courtship. The Impulse to Defile. VI. Forms of Erotic Symbolism—Simulacra of Coitus. THE MECHANISM OF DETUMESCENCE I. The Psychological Significance of Detumescence. The Testis and Ovary. Sperm Cell and Germ Cell. II. The Object of Detumescence. III. The Constituents of Semen. IV. The Aptitude for Detumescence. THE PSYCHIC STATE IN PREGNANCY The Relationship of Maternal and Sexual Emotion. Conception and Loss of Virginity. APPENDIX Histories of Sexual Development. “The volume, as a whole, may be said to be a careful, painstaking, and learned exposition of the problems of sex of which it treats, and can be con¬ fidently recommended to the intelligent seeker after light in this most obscure domain of psychology as being quite the best modern work in English.”— Journal of Mental and Nervous Diseases. VOLUME VI Sex in Relation to Society Crown Octavo, 656 Pages. Extra Cloth, $5.00, Net. I. The Mother and Her Child. II. Sexual Education. III. Sexual Education and Nakedness. IV. The Valuation of Sexual Love. V. The Function of Chastity. VI. The Problem of Sexual Abstinence. VII. Prostitution. VIII. The Conquest of the Venereal Diseases. IX. Sexual Morality. X. Marriage. XI. The Art of Love. XII. The Science of Procreation. “I have great respect for Dr. Havelock Ellis and the work he has done. I have examined the volume, ‘Sex in Relation to Society,’ with much interest. I say without hesitation that it should be in the hands of probation officers, judges, and specialists of every kind interested in the subject of children. It would be a mighty good thing if every sane, sensible parent in this country could also interest themselves in this volume.”—Ben B. Lindsey. See two preceding pages for Vols. I to IV. F. A. DAVIS COMPANY, Publishers,
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