On Erotically Marked Objects from the Perspective of Object Studies
On Erotically Marked Objects from the Perspective of Object Studies

Summary/Abstract: In hitherto studies the attention has been mostly paid to the difference between sex and eroticism, treating the first as characteristic of animals (also human animals) and the latter as specifically human. From a posthumanistic perspective, it seems more justified to speak of various forms of stressing one’s qualities by human and non-human animals, rather than highlighting the dichotomy: animal (i.e. primitive) sexual instinct– human sophisticated sense of eroticism. In the article the author concentrates on things which cover human body: underwear, cloths, shoes in order to prove that human erotic attractiveness is to a large extent created by these things. Theoretical framework for this reflection is provided by the concepts worked out within the object studies.

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