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The Material Culture of Sex, Procreation, and Marriage in Premodern Europe
. Ed(S): McClanan, Anne L.; Encarnacion, Karen Rosoff
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Paperback. Editor(s): McClanan, Anne L.; Encarnacion, Karen Rosoff. Num Pages: 299 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; HBJD; HBLA; JFSJ; JHBK; MMJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
This interdisciplinary anthology takes as its starting point the belief that, as the material grounds of lived experience, material culture provides an avenue of historical access to women's lives, extending beyond the reaches of textual evidence. Studies here range from utilitarian tools used in Late Roman abortion to sacred, magical or ritual objects associated with sex, procreation, and marriage in the Renaissance. Together the essays demonstrate the complex relationship between language and object, and explore the ways in which objects become forms of communication in their own right, transmitting both rather specific messages and more generalized social and cultural values. ... Read more
This interdisciplinary anthology takes as its starting point the belief that, as the material grounds of lived experience, material culture provides an avenue of historical access to women's lives, extending beyond the reaches of textual evidence. Studies here range from utilitarian tools used in Late Roman abortion to sacred, magical or ritual objects associated with sex, procreation, and marriage in the Renaissance. Together the essays demonstrate the complex relationship between language and object, and explore the ways in which objects become forms of communication in their own right, transmitting both rather specific messages and more generalized social and cultural values. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
299
Condition
New
Number of Pages
285
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349633210
SKU
V9781349633210
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99-15
About . Ed(S): McClanan, Anne L.; Encarnacion, Karen Rosoff
ANNE MCCLANAN studied at Harvard, the Johns Hopkins University and Columbia University and has excavated in Jordan and Turkey. Now an Assistant Professor at Portland State University, she teaches Late Roman and Medieval Art, she has a book forthcoming on the representation of early Byzantine Empresses that will appear in Palgrave's New Middle Ages Series edited by Bonnie Wheeler. ... Read more
Reviews for The Material Culture of Sex, Procreation, and Marriage in Premodern Europe
'Such an anthology is certainly overdue, as studies of sexuality have tended to focus on queer experiences...an exciting and interesting addition to the historiography of premodern sexuality.' - Emma Hawkes, Parergon 'This collection of essays is helpful to those who would appreciate an overview on how different academic fields investigate the 'material culture' of sex, marriage and ... Read more