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Sex Before Sexuality: A Premodern History
Kim M. Phillips
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Description for Sex Before Sexuality: A Premodern History
Hardback. Sexuality in modern western culture is central to identity but the tendency to define by sexuality does not apply to the premodern past. Series: Themes in History. Num Pages: 210 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JHBK5. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 452.
Sexuality in modern western culture is central to identity but the tendency to define by sexuality does not apply to the premodern past. Before the 'invention' of sexuality, erotic acts and desires were comprehended as species of sin, expressions of idealised love, courtship, and marriage, or components of intimacies between men or women, not as outworkings of an innermost self. With a focus on c. 1100–c. 1800, this book explores the shifting meanings, languages, and practices of western sex. It is the first study to combine the medieval and early modern to rethink this time of sex before sexuality, where ... Read more
Sexuality in modern western culture is central to identity but the tendency to define by sexuality does not apply to the premodern past. Before the 'invention' of sexuality, erotic acts and desires were comprehended as species of sin, expressions of idealised love, courtship, and marriage, or components of intimacies between men or women, not as outworkings of an innermost self. With a focus on c. 1100–c. 1800, this book explores the shifting meanings, languages, and practices of western sex. It is the first study to combine the medieval and early modern to rethink this time of sex before sexuality, where ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
210
Condition
New
Series
Themes in History
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745625225
SKU
V9780745625225
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About Kim M. Phillips
Kim Phillips is senior lecturer in history at the University of Auckland. Barry Reay is professor of history at the University of Auckland.
Reviews for Sex Before Sexuality: A Premodern History
"An indispensable book for historians and literary scholars alike: a succinct introduction to the field that breaks new ground in its embrace of both the medieval and the early modern." Journal of the Northern Renaissance "A vigorously advanced manifesto for reshaping the concepts and approaches we use in studying the history of sexual regimes." Journal ... Read more