scatology
Coprology ( Greek κόπρος kopros "dung, fertilizer") describes the scientific examination of excrement , especially in biological and medical terms. The coprological examination grants for example
- in zoology information about the food of the corresponding animal species,
- in paleontology the study of coprolites , i.e. fossil excrement from extinct animals,
- in archeology, indications of eating habits, especially the study of the contents of abortion pits , and
- in medicine , especially in parasitology , information about possible diseases.
The closely related term of scatology describes the study of the role of excrement in cultural and psychological terms. This includes studying:
- Excrement in literature and culture, in particular
- Faecal language and faecal humor , as well as from
- sexual paraphilias associated with excrement .
The paraphilias, also referred to by the collective term excrementophilia , include coprophilia , coprolagnia and skatophilia , again poorly defined terms. Coprophilia rather describes the physical contact with excrement perceived as sexually arousing, coprolagnia specifically the forced contact perceived as humiliating (i.e. a combination of coprophilia and algolagnia ), while skatophilia describes the fixation on indirect arousal from excrement, for example through the use of fecal language Sex, contaminated laundry or the corresponding smell perceptions.
literature
- Ralph A. Lewin: Merde. Excursions in Scientific, Cultural and Sociohistorical Coprology. Random House, New York 1999, ISBN 0-375-50198-3