Erotic defamiliarization possesses a special portion in Shklovsky's defamiliarization theory and it is found in Henry James's works.This paper exemplifies Henry James's way of erotic defamiliarization in h...Erotic defamiliarization possesses a special portion in Shklovsky's defamiliarization theory and it is found in Henry James's works.This paper exemplifies Henry James's way of erotic defamiliarization in his works The American and "Daisy Miller".展开更多
Although the combination of alcohol and sex is frequently observed in human social interaction, many questions concerning alcohol’s effects on the processing of sexual stimuli and brain functionality remain unanswere...Although the combination of alcohol and sex is frequently observed in human social interaction, many questions concerning alcohol’s effects on the processing of sexual stimuli and brain functionality remain unanswered. Erotic films eliciting sexual arousal in humans and affect electroencephalographic (EEG) activity. This study examines the effects of alcohol on cortical EEG activity in young men while viewing an erotic film. Heterosexual males participated in an independent alcohol/placebo group protocol. Thirty-five minutes after beverage ingestion, EEGs were recorded at prefrontal, temporal and parietal derivations in three conditions: baseline, and while watching erotic and neutral films. During the observation of erotic films, only the participants who drank the placebo beverage showed a decrease in alpha1 and an increase in the fast frequencies of the prefrontal regions, as well as a decrease in inter-prefrontal synchronization in the alpha and beta bands. Alcohol suppressed the prefrontal EEG changes associated with watching erotic visual stimuli without affect the sexual arousal. EEG data show that alcohol affecting the functioning of the prefrontal cortex, which could interfere with the adequate processing of visual erotic stimuli. These findings may contribute to improving our understanding of the brain mechanisms that underlie alcohol’s effects on the processing of sexual stimuli.展开更多
The male-female-male relationship is a recurrent theme in William Shakespeare's sonnets. In Eve Sedgwick's influential queer study book Between Men: English Literature and Male Homosocial Desire, she first int...The male-female-male relationship is a recurrent theme in William Shakespeare's sonnets. In Eve Sedgwick's influential queer study book Between Men: English Literature and Male Homosocial Desire, she first interpreted the relationship within the model of erotic triangle. On the basis of Sedgwick's theory, the triangle relationship in the Sonnets is analyzed—Shakespeare constructs an erotic triangle where males by identifying, cooperating, and competing with each other, maintain their homosocial bond upon heterosexual but misogynous desires towards a female. The contradictory relationship reflects Shakespeare's struggle vis-à-vis a Renaissance literary theme: rationality versus passion, with the former mounting over the latter.展开更多
Erotic fiction produced during the 16th and the early 17th centuries used different strategies to create settings for subversive sexual desires. This article examines one of these strategies： Authors of Ming erotic s...Erotic fiction produced during the 16th and the early 17th centuries used different strategies to create settings for subversive sexual desires. This article examines one of these strategies： Authors of Ming erotic stories often associated the sexual expressions that challenged the existing social order with portrayals of the foreign. This article demonstrates that historical accounts and literary traditions informed the representations of the foreign in Ming erotic stories produced during the mid- and late Ming period through the examination ofRuyijun zhuan and ＂Jinhailing zongyu wangshen.＂ I argue that both narratives exoticized the erotic in order to exclude unsettling elements of sexual desire from China. However, due to their different views of sexual desire, they depicted the foreign differently. This paper concludes that the different strategies for appropriating sexual desire into foreign settings may be related to the historical contexts within which the two works of fiction were created.展开更多
AIM To highlight the rising trend in hospital presentation of foreign bodies retained in the rectum over a 5-year period.METHODS Retrospective review of the cases of retained rectal foreign bodies between 2008 and 201...AIM To highlight the rising trend in hospital presentation of foreign bodies retained in the rectum over a 5-year period.METHODS Retrospective review of the cases of retained rectal foreign bodies between 2008 and 2012 was performed.Patients' clinical data and yearly case presentation with data relating to hospital episodes were collected.Data analysis was by SPSS Inc.Chicago,IL,United States.RESULTS Twenty-five patients presented over a 5-year period with a mean age of 39(17-62) years and M: F ratio of 2:1.A progressive rise in cases was noted from 2008 to 2012 with 3,4,4,6,8 recorded patients per year respectively.The majority of the impacted rectal objects were used for self-/partner-eroticism.The commonest retained foreign bodies were sex vibrators and dildos.Ninty-six percent of the patients required extraction while one passed spontaneously.Two and three patients had retrieval in the Emergency Department and on the ward respectively while 19 patients needed examination under anaesthesia for extraction.The mean hospital stay was 19(2-38) h.Associated psychosocial issues included depression,deliberate self-harm,illicit drug abuse,anxiety and alcoholism.There were no psychosocial problems identified in 15 patients.CONCLUSION There is a progressive rise in hospital presentation of impacted rectal foreign bodies with increasing use of different objects for sexual arousal.展开更多
文摘Erotic defamiliarization possesses a special portion in Shklovsky's defamiliarization theory and it is found in Henry James's works.This paper exemplifies Henry James's way of erotic defamiliarization in his works The American and "Daisy Miller".
文摘Although the combination of alcohol and sex is frequently observed in human social interaction, many questions concerning alcohol’s effects on the processing of sexual stimuli and brain functionality remain unanswered. Erotic films eliciting sexual arousal in humans and affect electroencephalographic (EEG) activity. This study examines the effects of alcohol on cortical EEG activity in young men while viewing an erotic film. Heterosexual males participated in an independent alcohol/placebo group protocol. Thirty-five minutes after beverage ingestion, EEGs were recorded at prefrontal, temporal and parietal derivations in three conditions: baseline, and while watching erotic and neutral films. During the observation of erotic films, only the participants who drank the placebo beverage showed a decrease in alpha1 and an increase in the fast frequencies of the prefrontal regions, as well as a decrease in inter-prefrontal synchronization in the alpha and beta bands. Alcohol suppressed the prefrontal EEG changes associated with watching erotic visual stimuli without affect the sexual arousal. EEG data show that alcohol affecting the functioning of the prefrontal cortex, which could interfere with the adequate processing of visual erotic stimuli. These findings may contribute to improving our understanding of the brain mechanisms that underlie alcohol’s effects on the processing of sexual stimuli.
文摘The male-female-male relationship is a recurrent theme in William Shakespeare's sonnets. In Eve Sedgwick's influential queer study book Between Men: English Literature and Male Homosocial Desire, she first interpreted the relationship within the model of erotic triangle. On the basis of Sedgwick's theory, the triangle relationship in the Sonnets is analyzed—Shakespeare constructs an erotic triangle where males by identifying, cooperating, and competing with each other, maintain their homosocial bond upon heterosexual but misogynous desires towards a female. The contradictory relationship reflects Shakespeare's struggle vis-à-vis a Renaissance literary theme: rationality versus passion, with the former mounting over the latter.
文摘Erotic fiction produced during the 16th and the early 17th centuries used different strategies to create settings for subversive sexual desires. This article examines one of these strategies： Authors of Ming erotic stories often associated the sexual expressions that challenged the existing social order with portrayals of the foreign. This article demonstrates that historical accounts and literary traditions informed the representations of the foreign in Ming erotic stories produced during the mid- and late Ming period through the examination ofRuyijun zhuan and ＂Jinhailing zongyu wangshen.＂ I argue that both narratives exoticized the erotic in order to exclude unsettling elements of sexual desire from China. However, due to their different views of sexual desire, they depicted the foreign differently. This paper concludes that the different strategies for appropriating sexual desire into foreign settings may be related to the historical contexts within which the two works of fiction were created.
文摘AIM To highlight the rising trend in hospital presentation of foreign bodies retained in the rectum over a 5-year period.METHODS Retrospective review of the cases of retained rectal foreign bodies between 2008 and 2012 was performed.Patients' clinical data and yearly case presentation with data relating to hospital episodes were collected.Data analysis was by SPSS Inc.Chicago,IL,United States.RESULTS Twenty-five patients presented over a 5-year period with a mean age of 39(17-62) years and M: F ratio of 2:1.A progressive rise in cases was noted from 2008 to 2012 with 3,4,4,6,8 recorded patients per year respectively.The majority of the impacted rectal objects were used for self-/partner-eroticism.The commonest retained foreign bodies were sex vibrators and dildos.Ninty-six percent of the patients required extraction while one passed spontaneously.Two and three patients had retrieval in the Emergency Department and on the ward respectively while 19 patients needed examination under anaesthesia for extraction.The mean hospital stay was 19(2-38) h.Associated psychosocial issues included depression,deliberate self-harm,illicit drug abuse,anxiety and alcoholism.There were no psychosocial problems identified in 15 patients.CONCLUSION There is a progressive rise in hospital presentation of impacted rectal foreign bodies with increasing use of different objects for sexual arousal.
