Agalmatophilia

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Agalmatophilia describes a strong affection or sexual preference for (naked) statues . Other inanimate human representations such as paintings or (sex) dolls can also serve as fetishes .

etymology

Agalmatophilia is made up of the Greek άγαλμα agalma "statue" and the suffix -philie (φίλος philos "friend"). Alternative names are pygmalionism and statuophilia ( Latin statuere "to set up").

The term pygmalionism comes from the Greek mythology of the Cypriot king Pygmalion , who falls in love with one of his ivory statues , Galatea .

Literature (selection)

  • Claudius Aelianus reports on a case of statuophilia in Athens (Colorful stories, 9.39)
  • August von Goethe mentions statuophilia and pygmalionism in his travel diary On a Journey South from 1830.
  • Silke Wenk : Pygmalion's elective affinities. The reconstruction of the creator myth in post-fascist Germany in Blickwechsel: Constructions of masculinity and femininity in art and art history . Reimer, Berlin 1989.
  • Elena Dorfman: Still Lovers . Channel Photographics, New York 2005. ISBN 0-9766708-1-X .
  • Elisabeth Alexandre: Des poupées et des hommes: Enquête sur l'amour artificiel . La Musardine (Ed.), 2005, ISBN 2-84271-252-8 .