A Cultural History of Sexuality in the Middle Ages -

A Cultural History of Sexuality in the Middle Ages

Ruth Evans (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover
312 Seiten
2012
Berg Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-84788-801-3 (ISBN)
139,50 inkl. MwSt
A thematic overview of how sexuality was perceived in the period from 350 to 1450, covering homosexuality, heterosexuality, sexual variations, prostitution, medicine, religion, erotica and popular belief.
Historians of sexuality have often assumed that medieval people were less interested in sex than we are. But people in the Middle Ages wrote a great deal about sex: in confessors’ manuals, in virginity treatises, and in literary texts. This volume looks afresh at the cultural meanings that sex had throughout the period, presenting new evidence and offering new interpretations of known material. Acknowledging that many of the categories that we use today to talk about sexuality are inadequate for understanding sex in premodern times, the volume draws on important recent work in the historiography of medieval sexuality to address the conceptual and methodological challenges the period presents.

A Cultural History of Sexuality in the Middle Ages 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.

Ruth Evans is Dorothy McBride Orthwein Chair of English at St Louis University. She has recently co-edited Medieval Virginities, Medieval Cultural Studies and Secrets, Mysteries and Silences.

1 Introduction: What Was Sexuality in the Middle Ages?
Ruth Evans (St Louis University, USA)

2 Heterosexuality
Karma Lochrie (Indiana University, USA)

3 Homosexuality: Specters of Sodom
Robert Mills (King's College London, UK)

4 Sexual Variations
Cory James Rushton (St Francis Xavier University, Canada)

5 Sex, Religion, and the Law
Irina Metzler (University of Swansea, UK)

6 Sex, Medicine, and Disease
Jacqueline A. Tasioulas (University of Cambridge, UK)

7 Sex, Popular Beliefs, and Culture
Malcolm Jones (Independent Scholar, UK)

8 Prostitution: The Moral Economy of Medieval Prostitution
Kevin Mummey (University of Minnesota, USA)

9 Erotica
Sarah Salih (King's College London, UK)

Notes

Bibliography

Contributors

Index

Reihe/Serie The Cultural Histories Series
Zusatzinfo 42 bw illus
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 172 x 244 mm
Gewicht 747 g
Themenwelt Geschichte Allgemeine Geschichte Mittelalter
Geschichte Teilgebiete der Geschichte Kulturgeschichte
Geisteswissenschaften Psychologie Sexualität / Partnerschaft
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie Gender Studies
ISBN-10 1-84788-801-1 / 1847888011
ISBN-13 978-1-84788-801-3 / 9781847888013
Zustand Neuware
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