The Problem with Pleasure: Modernism and its Discontents, by Laura Frost
Gary Day delights in a critique that sweeps aside the perceived gulf between ‘high’ and ‘low’ culture
Gary Day delights in a critique that sweeps aside the perceived gulf between ‘high’ and ‘low’ culture
The exploration of women’s sexuality would benefit from less talk of dopamine and more discussion of fantasy, argues Laura Frost
Reading Laura Frost’s review of Vibrator Nation (“Happiness lies in your own hands”, Books, 7 September), which I very much enjoyed, I was reminded of such literary greats as Thomas Nashe’s poem ...
Matthew Reisz reflects on a sobering year in academic books that was thankfully enlivened by stories of Barbie dolls, chimpanzees and sex under socialism
Book of the week: An intellectual property battle over two dolls puts the focus on market competition, Laura Frost finds
Laura Frost wonders if an ambitious author’s tales of erotic adventure were sexed up by others
Book of the week: Meet the women whose lusty revolution changed the sexual culture of the US, says Laura Frost
Book of the week: our distrust of female testimony in all its forms is proof feminism still has far to go, says Laura Frost
According to Laura Frost in her review of Celibacies (Books, 30 January), the author, Benjamin Kahan, seeks to debunk the pathology of abstinence. But, leaving aside a monk’s vocation, celibacy in...
Book of the week: The perennial female fantasy of man embodies a host of contradictory types, says Laura Frost
Gary Day delights in a critique that sweeps aside the perceived gulf between ‘high’ and ‘low’ culture
John Sutherland, Sarah Churchwell and others pick books that capture truths about the sector
The year’s best reads for work and pleasure, chosen by scholars and senior figures in the sector