Sacred Love (Sex, Mythology, and the Politics of the Female Body)

Author: [US] Lillian E. Smith, translated by Huang Jue, Huang Diguang
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Publish Date: 2004-05-01
Features: This book is substantial in size, covers a wide range of knowledge, contains many obscure terms and sentences, and is quite difficult to translate. The translation project we organized went through many twists and turns and took eight years to complete. After thoroughly reviewing and proofreading the entire manuscript, at the publisher's suggestion, I wrote this preface in Chinese to explore the academic value and intellectual significance of this book. First, this is a very serious, high-level academic work on the study of sexuality. Although the book discusses every aspect of human sexuality from ancient to modern times, from animals to humans, from the West to the East, from the North to the South, globally and for all humanity, down to the finest details, there is absolutely no hint of lowbrow appeal or any illustrations. The author has lofty intentions. She aims to demonstrate that the sexual-corporal relationship between the two genders of humans is isomorphic with their family relationships, social interpersonal relationships, economic relationships, and political relationships. Sexology is the foundation of sociology, economics, and political science. This is why the subtitle of the book includes the phrase: "The Politics of Sex, Myth, and the Female Body." Further, only by first completing the cultural transformation of sexual-corporal relationships from a relationship of domination to a relationship of partnership can humans then achieve a cultural transformation from a relationship of domination to a relationship of partnership in their family relationships, social interpersonal relationships, economic relationships, and political relationships. This is a book that will broaden your knowledge, expand your horizons, enrich your learning, change your perspectives, elevate your understanding, and clarify your direction in the realm of "sex," especially the "sex" of women. It is destined to become a timeless classic in the field of gender relationships and the study of sexuality. "The Sacred Union is Lillian E. Smith's outstanding work. Every page contains profound insights that touch the reader's heart. You will never be the same again." Through an in-depth exploration of sexual selection and social selection, it helps today's men and women fight to finally break free from systems that fundamentally resist pleasure and love, and to reclaim the lost duality of gender relationships, supreme pleasure, and the wonderful sense of love. Target Audience: Sociological researchers, faculty and students of universities and colleges, sociological survey researchers, and enthusiasts of sociology.