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  • Douglas E. Cowan
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The Forbidden Body
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© 2022 New York University Press, New York, USA

© 2022 New York University Press, New York, USA

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Preface ix
  4. Introduction 1
  5. 1. Bodies Out of Place: Fearing Flesh in Three Movements 27
  6. 2. Crab Monsters and Giant Leeches: Exploitation and the Socially Approved Body 54
  7. 3. Altared Bodies: Sexuality, Sacrifice, and the Horrific Aesthetic 79
  8. 4. Sacred Flesh: Fetishizing the Forbidden Body 108
  9. 5. Skyclad: Sexualizing the Dangerous Other 138
  10. 6. Darkness Within: Encountering the Enigma 167
  11. 7. Darkness Without: Sex, Transcendence, and the Monstrous Body 193
  12. 8. Going Monstering: The End of the Beginning 221
  13. Notes 235
  14. Bibliography 269
  15. Index 305
  16. About the Author 315
https://doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9781479803132.003.0013

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Preface ix
  4. Introduction 1
  5. 1. Bodies Out of Place: Fearing Flesh in Three Movements 27
  6. 2. Crab Monsters and Giant Leeches: Exploitation and the Socially Approved Body 54
  7. 3. Altared Bodies: Sexuality, Sacrifice, and the Horrific Aesthetic 79
  8. 4. Sacred Flesh: Fetishizing the Forbidden Body 108
  9. 5. Skyclad: Sexualizing the Dangerous Other 138
  10. 6. Darkness Within: Encountering the Enigma 167
  11. 7. Darkness Without: Sex, Transcendence, and the Monstrous Body 193
  12. 8. Going Monstering: The End of the Beginning 221
  13. Notes 235
  14. Bibliography 269
  15. Index 305
  16. About the Author 315
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