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masochism
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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masochism XIX. f. name of Leopold von Sacher
-Masoch, Austrian novelist (d. 1895), who described the condition; see
-ISM.
Hence
masochistic XX.
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Hemingway's masochism, sodomy, and the, dominant woman.(Critical Essay)
Magazine article from: The Hemingway Review; 9/22/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...gender theorists seek to identify male masochism as a viable, alternative form of masculine...embody many of the subversive elements of masochism that undermine certain patriarchal values...few seem prepared to acknowledge the masochism that prevails in much of his work. The...
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Ernest Hemingway: Machismo and Masochism.(Book review)
Magazine article from: The Hemingway Review; 3/22/2006; ; 700+ words
; Ernest Hemingway: Machismo and Masochism. By Richard Fantina, New York: Palgrave...book Ernest Hemingway: Machismo and Masochism, "[a]lthough many critics now readily...few seem prepared to acknowledge the masochism that prevails in much of his work...
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The "uncanny aura" of Venus im Pelz: masochism and Freud's uncanny.(Sigmund Freud)(Critical essay)
Magazine article from: The Germanic Review; 6/22/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...notorious as the literary depiction of masochism. To date, critics and psychoanalysts...various explanations for the existence of masochism. They have tended, however, to overlook...only the death-driven forces behind masochism, but also the novel's enduring fascination...
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Masochism and rebellion in Igino Ugo Tarchetti's Fosca.(Critical Essay)
Magazine article from: Italica; 6/22/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...fall into this category are sadism and masochism. Although past research has mostly focused on sadism, this paper will address masochism, which, according to recent scholarship...perversion that stands directly opposite masochism; yet, it is sadism, Silverman points...
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Is feminine masochism a concept worth reviving?
Magazine article from: International Journal of Psychoanalysis; 8/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...Freud's classical concept of 'feminine masochism' as a particularly illuminating example...developmental model, the concept of feminine masochism can offer the analyst a signal that the...Keywords: defence, development, gender, masochism, regression, transference In this paper...
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Queer as Papa.(Ernest Hemingway: Machismo and Masochism)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Twentieth Century Literature; 9/22/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...Ernest Hemingway: Machismo and Masochism by Richard Fantina New York: Palgrave...Ernest Hemingway: Machismo and Masochism steps into this discussion with...of inevitability. Machismo and masochism: of course! Fantina does not...
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Masochism in Bram Stoker's Dracula: re-reading R.M. Renfield/Bram Stoker'in Dracula Adli Eserinde Mazosim: R.M. Renfield'i Yeniden Okumak.
Magazine article from: Interactions; 9/22/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...I shall refer to many definitions of masochism formulated since the creation of the...various interpretations of the concept of masochism hitherto offered are definitely different...Keywords: Stoker, Dracula, Renfield, Masochism, Sexual Metaphors. Bu makalede, on...
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Masochism revisited: Reflections on masochism and its childhood antecendents
Magazine article from: American Journal of Psychotherapy; 10/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; Masochism Revisited: Reflections on Masochism and Its Childhood Antecedents* NATALIE SHAINESS, M.D.** Masochism, originally described as sexual perversion by Sacher von Masoch, was elaborated by Freud to include personality pathology...
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Essential Papers on Masochism
Magazine article from: Canadian Journal of Psychoanalysis; 5/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; Essential Papers on Masochism, edited by Margaret Ann Fitzpatrick...describe the topic or best illustrate masochism. She pays careful attention to the...introduction, Fitzpatrick Hanly writes, Masochism is a psychoanalytic concept which...
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An esthetics of masochism? The author wonders if the curators of an Austrian exhibition on masochism in art erred in taking an overly literal approach to their subject.(Report From Graz)(Critical Essay)
Magazine article from: Art in America; 4/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...said, "I'm trying to write about masochism," she replied, "Isn't that tautological?" Masochism is one of those topics that's hard...perverse, there may be another reason why masochism makes people nervous--the fact that...
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Feminine Masochism
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis
FEMININE MASOCHISM Feminine masochism, "an expression of the feminine being nature" (p. 161), is one of the three forms of masochism described by Sigmund Freud in "The Economic Problem of Masochism...
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Primary Masochism
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis
PRIMARY MASOCHISM Primary masochism is identical to erotogenic masochism as defined by Sigmund Freud in "The Economic Problem of Masochism" (1924c). This name makes official masochism's recognized primacy, at the time, over sadism, which...
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Moral Masochism
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis
MORAL MASOCHISM Moral masochism is seeking unpleasure without being aware of the masochistic sexual...means of punishment and suffering. In "The Economic Problem of Masochism" (1924c), Freud described moral masochism as the third form...
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Masochism
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis
MASOCHISM Masochism is a form of pleasure obtained through suffering. The term was initially...the infantile polymorphous perversions present in all human beings, masochism was associated with its opposite, sadism, with which it is generally...
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Erotogenic Masochism
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis
EROTOGENIC MASOCHISM Erotogenic masochism is the primary, biological, and constitutional masochism that results from libidinal excitation, which provides the physiological basis. It is the psychic superstructure that supports the other forms...
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