Sex Before Sexuality : A Premodern History
Kim M. Phillips
Bok Engelsk 2013 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | Hoboken : : Wiley, , 2013.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (210 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - COVER; Contents; List of Images; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Sex before Sexuality; 1: Sin; 2: Before Heterosexuality; 3: Between Men; 4: Between Women; 5: Before Pornography; Epilogue: Sex at Sea?; Notes; Index. - Sexuality in modern western culture is central to identity but the tendency to define by sexuality does not apply to the premodern past. Before the 'invention' of sexuality, erotic acts and desires were comprehended as species of sin, expressions of idealised love, courtship, and marriage, or components of intimacies between men or women, not as outworkings of an innermost self. With a focus on c. 1100-c. 1800, this book explores the shifting meanings, languages, and practices of western sex. It is the first study to combine the medieval and early modern to rethink this time of sex before sexu
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| ISBN | 9780745625225. - 9780745625232
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