Passions of sex

We'd like to understand how you use our websites in order to improve them. Register your interest. In the last decade or so, a number of artists have strategically integrated olfactory elements into their artwork to address the emotional, physiological and cultural complexities of eroticism. By reassessing and converting the supposed abnormality of scents into something ubiquitous, offering critiques of and alternatives to the cultural mandate of the deodorized body, and expanding the range and depth of the olfactory imaginaire , these artists have posited a dynamic, pivotal relationship between scent and sexuality. This is a preview of subscription content, log in to check access. Rent this article via DeepDyve.

In the s, bicycling mania rolled across the country and into San Francisco. No one in town could talk about anything else. Piano sales dropped as bicycling cut into leisure-time activities like playing and listening to music. In Golden Gate Park, horse riders and bicyclists quarreled over who had the right of way. The craze began when bikes of modern design replaced the dangerous old-fashioned ones with enormous front wheels.

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