Impotence
Subtitle: a cultural history
By: Angus McLaren.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Chicago, IL
Language: eng
Number of pages: 332
ISBN-13: 9780226500768
Description: "As anyone who has watched television in recent years can attest, we live in the age of Viagra. From Bob Dole to Mike Ditka to late-night comedians, our culture has been engaged in one long, frank, and very public talk about impotence - and our newfound pharmaceutical solutions. But as Angus McLaren shows us in Impotence, the first cultural history of the subject, the failure of men to rise to the occasion has been a recurrent topic since the dawn of human culture." "Drawing on a range of sources from across centuries, McLaren demonstrates how male sexuality was constructed around the idea of potency, from times past when it was essential for the purpose of siring children, to today, when successful sex is viewed as a component of a healthy emotional life."--BOOK JACKET.