Pleasure Erased: The Clitoris Unthought

The clitoris has been erased from anatomy books, paintings, sculptures, spirit, and body, but is now honored and recognized. However, genital mutilation is still common practice, and millions of women are still denied pleasure. It is time to give voice to an organ of pleasure that has not yet become an organ of thought.

Format: Hardback
Length: 150 pages
Publication date: 07 July 2022
Publisher: Polity Press

The clitoris has been a subject of erasure in anatomy books, paintings, sculptures, spirit, and even the body, for a long time. However, it seems that this oversight has been rectified in our times. Today, the clitoris is not forgotten but honored, with conferences, books, manifestos, works of art dedicated to it. The autonomy of clitoral jouissance is recognized, and the boundaries of feminism have expanded to include queer, intersex, and trans approaches, which argue that the clitoris is not solely the domain of women. Despite these advancements, there remains a wounded space. Genital mutilation is still prevalent, and millions of women continue to be denied pleasure. The clitoris continues to occupy an enigmatic space within the feminine, constrained by the immense difficulty and urgency of reclaiming this scorched earth. It is time to give voice to an organ of pleasure that has yet to be fully recognized as an organ of thought.

Weight: 264g
Dimension: 130 x 198 x 20 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781509549924