Venus in Fur
Title | Venus in Fur PDF eBook |
Author | David Ives |
Publisher | Dramatists Play Service Inc |
Pages | 60 |
Release | 2012 |
Genre | Actresses |
ISBN | 9780822225331 |
THE STORY: Thomas, a beleaguered playwright/director, is desperate to find an actress to play Vanda, the female lead in his adaptation of the classic sadomasochistic tale Venus in Fur . Into his empty audition room walks a vulgar and equally
Venus in Furs
Title | Venus in Furs PDF eBook |
Author | Leopold von Sacher-Masoch |
Publisher | Cosimo Classics |
Pages | 191 |
Release | 2015-06-15 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1616409584 |
A novella that was originally part of the epic series Legacy of Cain by Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Venus in Furs is an exploration of the themes of sado-masochism and female dominance in a time when the terms had yet to be conceived. The main character dreams of the goddess Venus wearing furs while he speaks to her about love. Unable to let go of the fantasy, he reads a book that tells the story of Severin and Wanda, a couple involved in a sado-masochistic relationship. Severin enslaves himself to Wanda, who treats him with ever-increasing brutality and disdain. The novel was translated into English in 1921 by Fernanda Savage, and has been adapted multiple times for film and theater. In 2013, it was adapted for film again into a French movie by the same title, based on the 2010 play by American playwright David Ives, which was in turn inspired by this classic.
Monsieur Vénus
Title | Monsieur Vénus PDF eBook |
Author | Rachilde |
Publisher | Modern Language Association |
Pages | 272 |
Release | 2015-05-01 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1603292551 |
When the rich and well-connected Raoule de Vénérande becomes enamored of Jacques Silvert, a poor young man who makes artificial flowers for a living, she turns him into her mistress and eventually into her wife. Raoule's suitor, a cigar-smoking former hussar officer, becomes an accomplice in the complications that ensue.
The Cultural Politics of Fur
Title | The Cultural Politics of Fur PDF eBook |
Author | Julia Emberley |
Publisher | Cornell University Press |
Pages | 278 |
Release | 1997 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 9780801484049 |
Emberley documents the 1980s confrontations between animal rights activists and native peoples that pitted Lynx, the organization responsible for the high-profile anti-fur ads in Great Britain, against Inuit and Dene societies' claims for a livelihood based on the selling and trading, consumption and production of animal fur. From colonial fur trading to twentieth-century globalization of the fur industry, Emberley analyzes the cultural, political, material, and libidinal values ascribed to fur.
Masochism
Title | Masochism PDF eBook |
Author | Leopold von Sacher-Masoch |
Publisher | Princeton University Press |
Pages | 302 |
Release | 1989 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
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Contains an essay on the psychology and origins of masochism called Coldness and cruelty by G Deleuze and the novel Venus in furs by L von Sacher-Masoch.
Exploring the Black Venus Figure in Aesthetic Practices
Title | Exploring the Black Venus Figure in Aesthetic Practices PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 229 |
Release | 2019-07-15 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 900440791X |
Tracing the figure of Black Venus in literature and visual arts from different periods and geographies, Exploring the Black Venus Figure in Aesthetic Practices discusses how aesthetic practices may restore the racialized female body in feminist, anti-racist and postcolonial terms.
Fur Nation
Title | Fur Nation PDF eBook |
Author | Chantal Nadeau |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 275 |
Release | 2005-07-05 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1134724810 |
Fur Nation traces the interwoven relationships between sexuality, national identity, and colonialism. Chantal Nadeau shows how Canada, a white settler colony, bases its existence and its nationhood on a complex sexual economy based on women wrapped in fur. Nadeau traces the centrality of fur through a series of intriguing case studies, including: * Hollywood's take on the 330 year history of the Hudson Bay Company, founded to exploit Canada's rich fur resources * the life of a postwar fur fashion photographer * a 1950s musical called Fur Lady * the battle between Brigitte Bardot's anti-fur activists and the fur industry. Nadeau highlights the connection between 'fur ladies' - women wearing, exploiting or promoting furs - and the beaver, symbol of Canada and nature's master builder. She shows how, in postcolonial Canada, the nation is sexualised around female reproduction and fur, which is both a crucial factor in economic development, and a powerful symbol through which the nation itself is conceived and commodified. Fur Nation demonstrates that, for Canada, fur really is the fabric of a nation.