微小的符号讲述重大的故事:在日记中命名和隐藏自慰(1660-1940)

L. Vermeer
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符号、加密和代码是隐藏日记中敏感或高度私人内容的一种方式。这种私人语言是日记练习的一个重要特征,无论时间和地点,但它很少被研究。这篇文章强调了从17世纪中期到20世纪初的日记中自慰的符号。这些符号不是被解释为“沉默”,而是作为伪装和叙事策略。它们构成了文本的一个组成部分,应该作为文本来研究。核心问题是作者如何通过在日记中使用伪装策略(如符号)来将自己置于关于自慰的公共话语之中,并与之对立。资料主体由六篇不同民族背景的日记组成。从18世纪初开始发展起来的反对手淫的话语是一个国际(西方)事件。在医学论文和家长的教学手册中,手淫成了一种“彻底的疾病”:一种危及生命的活动,几乎肯定会导致(可怕的)死亡。写日记是记录和控制这种秘密恶习的一种媒介。但日记也显示了改变或抵制这种主导话语的方法。手淫的符号反映了日记写作的一些关键方面:日记作为一种记忆工具,介于私人经验和公共话语之间。本文于2017年2月2日提交给欧洲生命写作杂志,并于2017年7月12日发表。
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Tiny symbols tell big stories: Naming and concealing masturbation in diaries (1660-1940)
Symbols, encryptions and codes are a way to hide sensitive or highly personal content in diaries. This kind of private language is an important feature of diary practice, regardless of time and place, but it has barely been studied yet. This article highlights symbols for masturbation in diaries from the mid-seventeenth until the early twentieth century. These symbols are interpreted not as ‘silence’, but as disguising, narrative strategies. They form an integral part of the text and should be studied as such. The central question is how authors, by employing disguising strategies (such as symbols) in diaries position themselves within and against public discourses on masturbation. The main body of sources consists of six diaries from different national contexts. The discourse against masturbation which developed from the beginning of the eighteenth century was an international (western) affair. In medical treatises and pedagogical manuals for parents, masturbation became a ‘total illness’: a life-threatening activity that would lead to near-certain (and gruesome) death. Diary writing functioned as a medium to register and control this secret vice. But the diaries also show ways to change or resist this dominant discourse. The symbols for masturbation reflect some crucial aspects of diary writing: the diary as a memory device, between private experience and public discourses. This article was submitted to the  European Journal of Life Writing  on February 2nd 2017, and published on July 12th 2017.
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