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Eroticism of More- and Other-than-Human Bodies

Grazyna ˙ Gajewska

Eroticism of Moreand Other-thanHuman Bodies A Study of the Anthropology of Things

Translated by Szymon Nowak

Grazyna ˙ Gajewska Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan, ´ Poland

ISBN 978-3-030-54041-8 ISBN 978-3-030-54042-5 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-54042-5 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, expressed or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover illustration: Gerard Puigmal/Moment Open/Getty Images This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland

Contents

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Introduction: The Dynamics of Affects and Experiences of the More- and Other-than-Human Bodies

1 13

More-than-Human Network of Relationality 2.1 Towards the Surrealist Marvellous: Hybrid-Oneiric Objects and Oneiric Objects-Fetishes 2.2 Seduced by Objects, or on the Studies of Things 2.3 Fetish—The Action of Uncontrolled Materiality 2.4 Human and Non-Human/Inhuman/Ahuman Originators of Community

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Nature as a Phantasm of Culture 3.1 The Uncovered/Hidden Nakedness of the Body 3.2 Dazzling Like a Peacock, Dignified Like a Lion 3.3 Sensual Exoticism 3.4 “Eroticised” Animals in Visual Arts 3.5 Polymorphic Perversion

51 51 54 65 74 81

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The 4.1 4.2 4.3

Obsession of Artificial Bodies Towards Inorganic Bodies Mannequins, Homunculi, Dolls Mannequin as an Object of Desire in the Consumerist Society

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Androids in Science Fiction Biotechnological Immersion—The Feminist Approach Posthumanist Galatea Aesthetics of Technobodies

121 132 136 141

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The 5.1 5.2 5.3

“Beloved” Objects Through Fetishization to Idée Fixe and Back Again Th