Cultural History of Sexuality in the Renaissance

Bette Talvacchia is Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of Art History in the Department of Art and Art History at the University of Connecticut and author of Raphael and Taking Positions: On the Erotic in Renaissance Culture.

• 1 Introduction: The Look and Sound of Sexuality in the RenaissanceBette Talvacchia (University of Connecticut, USA)2 Heterosexuality: A Beast with Many BacksAnn Rosalind Jones (Smith College, USA)3 Homosexuality: Homosociabilities in Renaissance NurembergHelmut Puff (University of Michigan, USA)4 Sexual Variations: Playing with (Dis)similitude Fredrika Jacobs (Virginia Commonwealth University, USA)5 Sex, Religion, and the Law: Disciplining DesireN. S. Davidson (University of Oxford, UK)6 Sex, Medicine, and Disease: Welcoming Wombs and Vernacular AnatomiesCynthia Klestinec (Miami University, USA)7 Sex, Popular Beliefs, and Culture: "In the Waie of Lecherie" Walter Stephens (Johns Hopkins University, USA)8 Prostitution: Looking for LoveGuido Ruggiero (Miami University, USA)9 Erotica: The Sexualized Body in Renaissance ArtBette Talvacchia (University of Connecticut, USA)Notes Bibliography Contributors Index