The Sexual Life of Our Time in Its Relations to Modern Civilization: Translated from the Sixth German EditionBloch, Iwan
Philosophy
The Sexual Life of Our Time in Its Relations to Modern Civilization: Translated from the Sixth German Edition
Bloch, Iwan
Sex; Sexual ethics
[80] E. Herrmann, “Natural History of Clothing” (Vienna, 1878, p.
239).
[81] Edward Westermarck, “History of Human Marriage.”
[82] Wilhelm Joest, “Tattooing, Scarifying, and Painting the Body”
(Berlin, 1887).
[83] Carl Marquardt, “Tattooing of Both Sexes in Samoa” (Berlin.
1899).
[84] Ludwig Stein, “The Beginnings of Human Civilization” (Leipzig,
1906, pp. 74, 75); Edward Tylor, “Anthropology: an Introduction to the
Study of Man and Civilization” (Macmillan, 1881, p. 237).
[85] According to Karl von den Steinen (_op. cit._, p. 186), the oil
colours used in painting the body are “=actually the clothing of the
Indians, employed for this purpose as occasion demands=.” Their oldest
aim was protection against heat, cutaneous irritation, and external
noxious influences.
[86] _Cf._ Y. Hirn, “The Origin of Art” (Leipzig, 1904, pp. 223, 224).
[87] _Cf._ my “Contributions to the Etiology of Psychopathia
Sexualis,” vol. ii., p. 338.
[88] _Cf._ K. Lange, “The Nature of Art” (Berlin, 1901, vol. ii., pp.
185, 186).
[89] The significance of tattooing of this nature in the diagnosis of
sexual perversities we shall later discuss at greater length.
[90] _Cf._ Kurella, “The Natural History of the Criminal” (Stuttgart,
1893, pp. 105-112).
[91] “Erotic Tattooing” in “Anthropophyteia, Annual for Folk-lore and
for Researches regarding the History of the Evolution of Sexual
Morals,” edited by Friedrich S. Krauss (Leipzig, 1904, vol. i., pp.
507-513). According to an account in the _Temps_, in a deserter from
the French army the most remarkable tattooings were observed. On the
breast there were two seductive women throwing kisses to a sturdy
musketeer, in addition to portraits of music-hall singers, both male
and female--for example, Yvette Guilbert. The entire back was covered
with love sketches. _Cf._ _B. Z. am Mittag_, August 21, 1906.
[92] William Ellis, “Polynesian Researches” (London, 1859, vol. i., p.
235).
[93] _Cf._ Hirn, “The Origin of Art,” pp. 214, 215.
[94] _Cf._ Havelock Ellis, _op. cit._ pp. 56-62.
[95] It is well known that the buttocks formed an object of erotic
allurement in many savage races, and especially so in certain African
tribes.
[96] J. J. Virey, “Woman” (Leipzig, 1825, p. 300).
[97] Westermarck, “History of Human Marriage,” pp. 193, 197.
[98] C. H. Stratz, “Women’s Clothing” (Stuttgart, 1900, p. 42).
[99] In his “Confessions,” Rousseau writes regarding the collar of the
beautiful courtesan Giulietta: “Her cuffs and collar had silken
threads running through them, and were adorned with pictures of roses.
=These made a beautiful contrast with her fine skin.=”
[100] H. Lotze, “Mikrokosmus: Ideas regarding the Natural History of
Mankind” (third edition, Leipzig, 1878, vol. ii., p. 210).
[101] H. Bahr, “Clothing Reform,” in _Dokumente der Frauen_, 1902,
vol. vi., No. 23, p. 665.
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