Cultural History of Sexuality in the Enlightenment
«BOTTOM LINE Upper-division undergraduate and graduate students will find this overview of the progression of thought about sexuality in the Western world helpful in their studies of social history, cultural history, and gender.»
Martha Hardy, Metropolitan State University Library, St. Paul, MN, Library Journal
In the period between 1650 and 1820 new worlds of sex opened up. This was a pivotal time when old religious beliefs and medical theories about sexuality and the body clashed with innovatory ideas emerging from natural science and philosophy. Les mer
A Cultural History of Sexuality in the Enlightenment presents an overview of the period with essays on heterosexuality, homosexuality, sexual variations, religious and legal issues, health concerns, popular beliefs about sexuality, prostitution and erotica.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Berg Publishers
- Innbinding
- Innbundet
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 310
- ISBN
- 9781847888037
- Utgivelsesår
- 2012
- Format
- 24 x 17 cm
Anmeldelser
«BOTTOM LINE Upper-division undergraduate and graduate students will find this overview of the progression of thought about sexuality in the Western world helpful in their studies of social history, cultural history, and gender.»
Martha Hardy, Metropolitan State University Library, St. Paul, MN, Library Journal