Product Description
by Victoria R. Hartmann Ph. D. (Author)
I Love Dead People: Inside the Minds of Death Fetishists explores individuals from a psycho-sexual perspective with an emphasis on how they have found freedom from real world suppression of their unusual fetish in an online community, and the journey from shame and guilt to self-acceptance and altruism towards others with similar tastes. Not only does it explore the intricacies of the online world of death fetishists as well as the private landscape of individuals who identify as having this paraphilia, but also provides, for the first time, a classification tool which aids medical and forensic professionals in identifying the possibility of acting out behavior. Such a tool has not been made available to these professions before. It distinguishes itself as not only being an academic exploration and classification of the paraphilia, but also is applicable to a real world use of diagnostics that can help determine the severity of the paraphilia and it's potential (or lack thereof) of harm.
Author Biography
Victoria Hartmann, Ph.D., M.P.H., DACS., is a board certified clinical sexologist and Executive Director of the Erotic Heritage Museum Las Vegas. She also serves on the board of directors for the World Erotic Museum Consortium. She is a workshop facilitator, researcher, speaker, consultant on women's sexuality, and an advocate for transgender and sex worker rights. Dr. Hartmann spent 4 1/2 years working with survivors of sexual assault and has also trained in crisis and counseling centers serving the homeless and those with chronic drug/alcohol addictions. She has spent more than 15 years investigating paraphilic behavior and has been published in various industry journals on this topic. She is a sought out expert on human sexual behavior. Dr. Hartmann has a wide range of hobbies including aviation, astrophysics and quantum mechanics. She lives with her partner, a fellow sex educator, in Las Vegas.
