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