The Book
There was in Ancient Greece a particular island, in shape of a triangle, just like the female mane, which symbolised the most contradictory fantasies: the 'island of Lesbos'. For some, this is the sanctuary of female homosexuality, for others, it is the first expression of freedom by Aeolian women. In the first case, it is often men who try to reject and condemn the notion of pleasure between two women. In the second case, often women, they demand the right to equality. The poetess Sappho did not in any way facilitate the relationship between men and women, with her admirable Ode to Aphrodite which celebrates the love and sexuality between two women. With the liberalisation of morals, female homosexuality is part of modern societies and cannot be ignored. But what does history retain from these practices? How is the love between women appreciated? By infringing on the rules of past societies, how did these women live their particularity and their forbidden sexuality? It is a difficult exercise, undertaken by Professor Döpp, to explain these censured pleasures, without inclining towards a certain voyeurism, and giving fantasy the face of a fulfilled woman.
The Author
Hans-Jürgen Döpp taught for a number of years at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt, where he held a chair of psychoanalytical interpretation, as well as the cultural history of erotic art. For the past thirty years, he has been an avid collector of erotic art and has gained international recognition through various exhibitions and publications.
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