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Early Modern Child in Art and History
Av Matthew Knox Averett, Matthew Knox Averett
Häftad, 2024
652 kr
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Childhood is not only a biological age, it is also a social construct. The essays in this collection range chronologically from the fifteenth to the eighteenth century, and geographically across England, France, Germany, Italy and Spain. They chart the depictions of children in various media …
Infanticide and Abortion in Early Modern Germany
Häftad, 2024
652 kr
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This book is the first work to look at the full range of three centuries of the early modern period in regards to infanticide and abortion, a period in which both practices were regarded equally as criminal acts. Faced with dire consequences if they were found pregnant or if they bore illegitimate …
Prostitute's Body
Rewriting Prostitution in Victorian Britain
Av Nina Attwood
Häftad, 2016
846 kr
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Attwood examines Victorian attitudes to prostitution across a number of sources: medical, literary, pornographic.
Stays and Body Image in London
The Staymaking Trade, 1680–1810
Häftad, 2016
951 kr
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This book fills a significant gap in the literature on eighteenth-century social and cultural history. Starting with their production and trade, Sorge-English looks at the intricacies of the staymaker’s craft, the role of gender in the design and manufacture of stays and the changing shape of stays …
Prostitution and Eighteenth-Century Culture
Sex, Commerce and Morality
Av Ann Lewis, Ann Lewis m. fl.
Häftad, 2016
951 kr
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The eighteenth century saw profound changes in the way prostitution was represented in literary and visual culture. This collection of essays focuses on the variety of ways that the sex trade was represented in popular culture of the time, across different art forms and highlighting contradictory …
Aboriginal Male in the Enlightenment World
Häftad, 2016
822 kr
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This is the first historical study of indigenous Australian masculinity. Using the reactions of eighteenth-century western explorers to Aboriginal men, Konishi argues that these encounters were not as negative as has been thought.
Blake, Gender and Culture
Häftad, 2016
945 kr
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Blake's combination of verse and design invites interdisciplinary study. The essays in this collection approach his work from a variety of perspectives including masculinity, performance, plant biology, empire, politics and sexuality.
Politics of Reproduction in Ottoman Society, 1838–1900
Häftad, 2016
951 kr
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Epidemics, migration and territorial losses led to population decline in early nineteenth-century Turkey. In response, Ottoman elites began a programme of population growth. Balsoy uses previously untapped archival sources to examine these developments, arguing that these changes caused …
Women, Agency and the Law, 1300-1700
Av Bronach Kane
Häftad, 2016
846 kr
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Based on close readings of both public and private documents – court records, churchwarden accounts, depositions, diaries, letters and pamphlets – this collection of essays presents the largely untold story of non-elite women and their dealings with the law.
Age and Identity in Eighteenth-Century England
Av Helen Yallop
Häftad, 2016
846 kr
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Yallop looks at how people in eighteenth-century England understood and dealt with growing older. Though no word for ‘aging’ existed at this time, a person’s age was a significant aspect of their identity.
Interpreting Sexual Violence, 1660–1800
Av Anne Leah Greenfield, Anne Leah Greenfield
Häftad, 2016
951 kr
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The essays in this collection explore representations of and responses to sexual violence over the course of the long eighteenth century. Contributors examine the underlying ideologies that spawned these representations, confronting the social, political, legal and aesthetic conditions of the day.
Courtly Indian Women in Late Imperial India
Häftad, 2016
846 kr
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Examines the political worldview of courtly and royal women in India during the late colonial and post-Independence period. This book offers a history of the zenana, which served as the 'women's courts' or 'female quarters of the palace', where women lived behind pardah in seclusion.
Paracelsus's Theory of Embodiment
Conception and Gestation in Early Modern Europe
Häftad, 2016
951 kr
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Paracelsus has been called the father of modern chemistry and is legendary for his treatment of syphilis. This work argues that Paracelsus developed an understanding of the body as composed of two distinct sexes, revolutionizing early modern conceptions of the female body as an inversion of or …
Life of Madame Necker
Sin, Redemption and the Parisian Salon
Av Sonja Boon
Häftad, 2016
873 kr
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Madame Necker occupies a unique position in French social and cultural history. This study breaks new ground by examining the profoundly corporeal nature of Madame Necker’s life – her debilitating, decades-long psychic and somatic suffering and subsequent curious death.
Sex, Identity and Hermaphrodites in Iberia, 1500–1800
Häftad, 2016
846 kr
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Early modern European thought held that men and women were essentially the same. During the seventeenth century, medical and legal arguments began to turn against this ‘one-sex’ model, with hermaphroditism seen as a medieval superstition. This book traces this change in Iberia in comparison to the …
Anatomy and the Organization of Knowledge, 1500–1850
Av Brian Muñoz, Brian Muñoz m. fl.
Häftad, 2016
846 kr
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Across early modern Europe, the growing scientific practice of dissection prompted new and insightful ideas about the human body. This collection of essays explores the impact of anatomical knowledge on wider issues of learning and culture.
English Execution Narrative, 1200–1700
Häftad, 2016
846 kr
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Royer examines the changing ritual of execution across five centuries and discovers a shift both in practice and in the message that was sent to the population at large. She argues that what began as a show of retribution and revenge became a ceremonial portrayal of redemption as the political, …
Study of Anatomy in Britain, 1700–1900
Av Fiona Hutton
Häftad, 2016
951 kr
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Hutton looks at Manchester and Oxford to provide a comparative history of anatomical study. Using the Anatomy Act as a focal point, she examines how these two cities dealt with the need for bodies over two centuries.
Paracelsus's Theory of Embodiment
Conception and Gestation in Early Modern Europe
E-bok, 2015
1124 kr
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Paracelsus has been called the father of modern chemistry and is legendary for his treatment of syphilis. This work argues that Paracelsus developed an understanding of the body as composed of two distinct sexes, revolutionizing early modern conceptions of the female body as an inversion of or …
Paracelsus's Theory of Embodiment
Conception and Gestation in Early Modern Europe
E-bok, 2015
1124 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Paracelsus has been called the father of modern chemistry and is legendary for his treatment of syphilis. This work argues that Paracelsus developed an understanding of the body as composed of two distinct sexes, revolutionizing early modern conceptions of the female body as an inversion of or …
Courtly Indian Women in Late Imperial India
E-bok, 2015
999 kr
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Examines the political worldview of courtly and royal women in India during the late colonial and post-Independence period. This book offers a history of the zenana, which served as the 'women's courts' or 'female quarters of the palace', where women lived behind pardah in seclusion.
Courtly Indian Women in Late Imperial India
E-bok, 2015
999 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Examines the political worldview of courtly and royal women in India during the late colonial and post-Independence period. This book offers a history of the zenana, which served as the 'women's courts' or 'female quarters of the palace', where women lived behind pardah in seclusion.
Early Modern Child in Art and History
Av Matthew Knox Averett, Matthew Knox Averett
E-bok, 2015
750 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Childhood is not only a biological age, it is also a social construct. The essays in this collection range chronologically from the fifteenth to the eighteenth century, and geographically across England, France, Germany, Italy and Spain. They chart the depictions of children in various media …
Early Modern Child in Art and History
Av Matthew Knox Averett, Matthew Knox Averett
E-bok, 2015
750 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Childhood is not only a biological age, it is also a social construct. The essays in this collection range chronologically from the fifteenth to the eighteenth century, and geographically across England, France, Germany, Italy and Spain. They chart the depictions of children in various media …
Interpreting Sexual Violence, 1660–1800
Av Anne Leah Greenfield, Anne Leah Greenfield
E-bok, 2015
1099 kr
Lägg i varukorg
The essays in this collection explore representations of and responses to sexual violence over the course of the long eighteenth century. Contributors examine the underlying ideologies that spawned these representations, confronting the social, political, legal and aesthetic conditions of the day.
Interpreting Sexual Violence, 1660–1800
Av Anne Leah Greenfield, Anne Leah Greenfield
E-bok, 2015
1124 kr
Lägg i varukorg
The essays in this collection explore representations of and responses to sexual violence over the course of the long eighteenth century. Contributors examine the underlying ideologies that spawned these representations, confronting the social, political, legal and aesthetic conditions of the day.
Study of Anatomy in Britain, 1700–1900
Av Fiona Hutton
E-bok, 2015
1124 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Hutton looks at Manchester and Oxford to provide a comparative history of anatomical study. Using the Anatomy Act as a focal point, she examines how these two cities dealt with the need for bodies over two centuries.
Study of Anatomy in Britain, 1700–1900
Av Fiona Hutton
E-bok, 2015
1124 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Hutton looks at Manchester and Oxford to provide a comparative history of anatomical study. Using the Anatomy Act as a focal point, she examines how these two cities dealt with the need for bodies over two centuries.
Age and Identity in Eighteenth-Century England
Av Helen Yallop
E-bok, 2015
999 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Yallop looks at how people in eighteenth-century England understood and dealt with growing older. Though no word for ‘aging’ existed at this time, a person’s age was a significant aspect of their identity.
Age and Identity in Eighteenth-Century England
Av Helen Yallop
E-bok, 2015
970 kr
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Yallop looks at how people in eighteenth-century England understood and dealt with growing older. Though no word for ‘aging’ existed at this time, a person’s age was a significant aspect of their identity.
