Cultural History of Sexuality in the Age of Empire

Häftad, Engelska, 2014

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The 19th century saw intense urbanization, the development of a consumer culture, the formalization of gender roles, the solidification of class structures, and various encounters with the exotic customs of the colonies – all of which contributed to enhance sexual anxiety among the middle classes. In response, new social conventions, sanitary prescriptions, practices of self-control, and policies of sex regulation and education were developed as a means to control disorderly sexual behavior. At the same time, though an ideology based on sexual respectability was largely promoted throughout society, significant individuals and subcultures often challenged both the principle and the practice of such morality.A Cultural History of Sexuality in the Age of Empire 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.

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Utgivningsdatum2014-01-16
Mått176 x 252 x 20 mm
Vikt580 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieCultural Histories Series
Antal sidor312
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN9781472539199

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Chiara Beccalossi is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Centre for the History of European Discourses, University of Queensland, Australia, and author of Female Sexual Inversion: Same-Sex Desires in Italian and British Sexology.Ivan Crozier is a Senior Lecturer in the Science Studies Unit at the University of Edinburgh, UK and is currently writing a book on culture-bound syndromes in psychiatry.

PrefaceSeries AcknowledgementsList of Illustrations1 Introduction: The Cultural History of Sexuality in the Nineteenth CenturyChiara Beccalossi, University of Queensland, Australia and Ivan Crozier, University of Edinburgh, UK2 Heterosexuality: An Unfettered Capacity for Degeneracy Chad Parkhill and Elizabeth Stephens, both University of Queensland, Australia3 Homosexuality: European and Colonial EncountersSean Brady, Birkbeck College, London, UK4 Sexual VariationsLisa Downing, University of Exeter, UK5 Sex, Religion, and the Law: The Regulation of Sexual Behaviors, 1820-1920Louise A. Jackson, University of Edinburgh, UK6 Sex, Medicine and Disease: From Reproduction to Sexuality Chiara Beccalossi, University of Queensland, Australia7 Sex, Popular Beliefs and Culture: Discourses on the Sexual Child Gail Hawkes, University of New England, Australia and R. Danielle Egan, St Lawrence University in Canton, USA8 Prostitution: The Age of EmpiresRaelene Frances, Monash University, Australia9 Erotica: Sexual Imagery, Empires, and ColoniesRuth Ford, La Trobe University, AustraliaNotes Bibliography Contributors Index