Chicago Series on Sexuality, History, and Society – serie
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Sinners and Citizens
Bestiality and Homosexuality in Sweden, 1880-1950
Häftad, 2003
290 kr
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Sinners and Citizens explores how sexual habits changed in Sweden during its development from an agrarian society into a modern welfare state. Jens Rydström examines the history of homosexuality and bestiality in that country to consider why these sexual practices have been so closely linked in …
Sappho in Early Modern England
Female Same-Sex Literary Erotics, 1550-1714
Inbunden, 2001
808 kr
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In Sappho in Early Modern England, Harriette Andreadis examines public and private expressions of female same-sex sexuality in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century England. Before the language of modern sexual identities developed, a variety of discourses in both literary and extraliterary texts …
Sappho in Early Modern England
Female Same-Sex Literary Erotics, 1550-1714
Häftad, 2001
324 kr
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In Sappho in Early Modern England, Harriette Andreadis examines public and private expressions of female same-sex sexuality in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century England. Before the language of modern sexual identities developed, a variety of discourses in both literary and extraliterary texts …
History of Bisexuality
Inbunden, 2001
838 kr
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Why is bisexuality the object of such scepticism? Why do sexologists steer clear of it in their research? Why has bisexuality, in stark contrast to homosexuality, only recently emerged as a nascent political and cultural identity? Bisexuality has been rendered as mostly irrelevant to the history, …
History of Bisexuality
Häftad, 2001
414 kr
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Why is bisexuality the object of such scepticism? Why do sexologists steer clear of it in their research? Why has bisexuality, in stark contrast to homosexuality, only recently emerged as a nascent political and cultural identity? Bisexuality has been rendered as mostly irrelevant to the history, …
Language of Sex
Five Voices from Northern France around 1200
Inbunden, 1994
741 kr
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This study brings together widely divergent discourses to fashion a comprehensive picture of sexual language and attitudes at a particular time and place in the medieval world. John Baldwin introduces five representative voices from the turn of the 12th century in northern France: Pierre the …
Language of Sex
Five Voices from Northern France around 1200
Häftad, 1996
361 kr
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This study brings together widely divergent discourses to fashion a comprehensive picture of sexual language and attitudes at a particular time and place in the medieval world. John Baldwin introduces five representative voices from the turn of the 12th century in northern France: Pierre the …
Love Between Women
Early Christian Responses to Female Homoeroticism
Häftad, 1998
299 kr
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In this text Bernadette Brooten examines female homoeroticism and the role of women in the ancient Roman world. Employing a range of cultural sources, from medical texts to astrological horoscopes, Brooten finds evidence of marriages between women, and discusses the surgical procedure of …
Improper Advances
Rape and Heterosexual Conflict in Ontario, 1880-1929
Häftad, 1993
308 kr
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Why do men rape women? This is a question for which there are many political, psychological, and sociological answers, but few historical ones. "Improper Advances" is a book exploring the history of sexual violence in a particular country. A study of women, men, and sexual crime in rural and …
Queer London
Perils and Pleasures in the Sexual Metropolis, 1918-1957
Häftad, 2006
334 kr
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In August 1934, young Cyril L. wrote to his friend Billy about all the exciting men he had met, the swinging nightclubs he had visited, and the vibrant new life he had forged for himself in the big city. He wrote, "I have only been queer since I came to London about two years ago, before then I …
Invention of Sodomy in Christian Theology
Häftad, 1998
299 kr
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This text explores the invention of sodomy in medieval Christendom, examining its conceptual foundations in theology and gauging its impact on Christian sexual ethics both then and now. It traces the historical genealogy of this enduring cultural construct through many of the idiosyncratic …
Trials of Masculinity – Policing Sexual Boundaries, 1870–1930
Häftad, 1999
334 kr
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In this history of manhood and masculinity, the author argues that modern formulations of masculinity, despite any sense of naturalness and constancy, are in fact, idealized cultural products of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He examines the process of social construction whereby this …
Prescription for Murder
The Victorian Serial Killings of Dr. Thomas Neill Cream
Häftad, 1995
237 kr
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Between 1877 and 1892, Dr Thomas Neill Cream murdered seven women, all prostitutes or patients seeking abortions, in England and North America. Using press reports and police dossiers, this account of the killings investigates the links between crime and respectability to reveal a remarkable range …
Sodomy in Reformation Germany and Switzerland, 1400-1600
Av Helmut Puff
Häftad, 2003
334 kr
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In the 14th century, a considerable number of men in Germany and Switzerland were executed for committing sodomy. In the 17th century, simply speaking of the act was cause for censorship. Here, in the first ever history of sodomy in these countries, Helmut Puff argues that accusations of sodomy in …
Politics of Gay Rights
Av Craig A. Rimmerman, Kenneth D. Wald m. fl.
Inbunden, 2000
1123 kr
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Few issues in American politics inspire such passion as that of civil rights for gays and lesbians. In this group of original essays, scholars and activists writing from a number of different perspectives provide a comprehensive overview of this heated debate. Contributors thoroughly investigate …
Politics of Gay Rights
Av Craig A. Rimmerman, Kenneth D. Wald m. fl.
Häftad, 2000
325 kr
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Few issues in American politics inspire such passion as that of civil rights for gays and lesbians. In this group of original essays, scholars and activists writing from a number of different perspectives provide a comprehensive overview of this heated debate. Contributors thoroughly investigate …
Take the Young Stranger by the Hand
Same-Sex Relations and the YMCA
Av John Donald Gustav-Wrathall
Häftad, 2000
273 kr
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The history of American gender and sexuality is examined here through a case study of the YMCA, the organization devoted to young men. The social history of the YMCA has been filled with strife, tragedy and irony, reflecting the struggle and shifting societal mores about masculine friendship and …
Sexual Nature/Sexual Culture
Av Paul R. Abramson, Steven D. Pinkerton
Inbunden, 1995
1033 kr
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This multidisciplinary study of human sexuality examines the influences of nature and nurture, biology and culture, and sex and gender in the sexual experiences of humans and other primates. Focusing on the idea that sexual pleasure is the primary motivational force behind human sexuality and that …
Sexual Nature/Sexual Culture
Av Paul R. Abramson, Steven D. Pinkerton
Häftad, 1995
416 kr
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This multidisciplinary study of human sexuality examines the influences of nature and nurture, biology and culture, and sex and gender in the sexual experiences of humans and other primates. Focusing on the idea that sexual pleasure is the primary motivational force behind human sexuality and that …
Improper Advances
Rape and Heterosexual Conflict in Ontario, 1880-1929
Inbunden, 1993
741 kr
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Why do men rape women? This is a question for which there are many political, psychological, and sociological answers, but few historical ones. "Improper Advances" is a book exploring the history of sexual violence in a particular country. A study of women, men, and sexual crime in rural and …
Sites of Desire/Economies of Pleasure
Sexualities in Asia and the Pacific
Av Lenore Manderson, Margaret Jolly
Inbunden, 1997
850 kr
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This is an examination of erotic encounters between European, Asian and Pacific people. These essays explore how sexual practice and sexual meanings have been constructed across cultural borders in Thailand, the Philippines, Burma/Myanmar, Japan, Fiji, Papua New Guinea and the Polynesian islands. …
Sites of Desire/Economies of Pleasure
Sexualities in Asia and the Pacific
Av Lenore Manderson, Margaret Jolly
Häftad, 1997
316 kr
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This is an examination of erotic encounters between European, Asian and Pacific people. These essays explore how sexual practice and sexual meanings have been constructed across cultural borders in Thailand, the Philippines, Burma/Myanmar, Japan, Fiji, Papua New Guinea and the Polynesian islands. …
Sodomy in Reformation Germany and Switzerland, 1400-1600
Av Helmut Puff
Inbunden, 2003
776 kr
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In the 14th century, a considerable number of men in Germany and Switzerland were executed for committing sodomy. In the 17th century, simply speaking of the act was cause for censorship. Here, in the first ever history of sodomy in these countries, Helmut Puff argues that accusations of sodomy in …
Sinners and Citizens
Bestiality and Homosexuality in Sweden, 1880-1950
Inbunden, 2003
653 kr
Tillfälligt slut
Sinners and Citizens explores how sexual habits changed in Sweden during its development from an agrarian society into a modern welfare state. Jens Rydström examines the history of homosexuality and bestiality in that country to consider why these sexual practices have been so closely linked in …
