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Cover of The Routledge History of Sex and the Body

The Routledge History of Sex and the Body 1500 to the Present

  • Published: 2013
  • DOI: 10.4324/9780203436868
  • Print ISBN: 9780415472371
  • eBook ISBN: 9780203436868

The Routledge History of Sex and the Body provides an overview of the main themes surrounding the history of sexuality from 1500 to the present day. The history of sex and the body is an expanding field in which vibrant debate on, for instance, the history of perversions is developing. This book examines the current scholarship and looks towards future directions for the field.

The volume is divided into 14 thematic parts, which are split into two chronological chapters: 1500–1750 and 1750 to the present day. Focusing on the history of sexuality and the body in the West but also interactions with a broader globe, these thematic parts survey the major areas of debate and discussion. Covering themes such as science, identity, the gaze, courtship, reproduction, sexual violence and the importance of age and race, the volume offers a comprehensive view of the history of sex and the body. The book concludes with an afterword in which the reader is invited to consider some of the ‘tensions, problems and areas deserving further scrutiny’.

Including contributors renowned in their field of expertise, this ground-breaking collection is essential reading for all those interested in the history of sexuality and the body.

Contents

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    Front Matter
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    Introduction By Sarah Toulalan; Kate Fisher
  • Studying the Body and Sexuality
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      The Good, the Bad, and the Textual: Approaches to the study of the body and sexuality, 1500–1750 By Katherine Crawford
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      Approaches to the History of Sexuality Since 1750 By Harry G. Cocks
  • Sexual Science and the Medical Understandings of the Body
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      Medical Understandings of the Body, c.1500–1750 By Lauren Kassell
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      Medical Understandings of the Body: 1750 to the present By Richard Cleminson
  • Examining the Body: Science, technology and the exploration of the body
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      Examining the Body, c. 1500–1750 By Michael Stolberg
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      Examining the Body Since 1750 By Malcolm Nicolson
  • Body and Mind: Sexuality and identity
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      From Age to Gender, c. 1500–1750: From the adolescent male to the adult effeminate body By Randolph Trumbach
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      (De-)Constructing Sexual Kinds Since 1750 By Ivan Crozier
  • Clothing and Nakedness
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      From the Cradle to the Grave: Clothing the early modern body By Susan Vincent
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      Exposing, Adorning, and Dressing the Body in the Modern Era By Paul R. Deslandes
  • Pornography and Erotica
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      Erotic Representation, 1500–1750 By Ian Frederick Moulton
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      Looking at Sex: Pornography and erotica since 1750 By Lisa Z. Sigel
  • Knowledge and Experience
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      Knowledge and Experience, c. 1500–1750 By Laura Gowing
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      Knowledge and Experience: From 1750 to the 1960s By Tanya Evans
  • Life Cycles
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      ‘Age to Great, or to Little, Doeth let Conception’: Bodies, sex and the life cycle, 1500–1750 By Sarah Toulalan
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      Fairy Tales of Fertility: Bodies, sex and the life cycle, c. 1750–2000 By Julie-Marie Strange
  • Courtship and Marriage
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      Courtship and Marriage, c. 1500–1750 By Martin Ingram
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      Marriage and Companionate Ideals Since 1750 By Kate Fisher
  • Reproduction
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      Reproduction, c. 1500–1750 By Lianne McTavish
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      Reproduction Since 1750 By Helen Blackman
  • Prostitution
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      The Body of the Prostitute: Medieval to modern By Kathryn Norberg
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      Prostitution from 1800 By Maria Luddy
  • Sexual Violence and Rape
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      Sexual Violence and Rape in Europe, 1500–1750 By Garthine Walker
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      Sexual Violence Since 1750 By Shani D'Cruze
  • Sexual Disease
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      ‘The Venereal Disease’, 1500–1800 By Kevin Siena
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      Sexual Diseases Since 1750 By Lesley A. Hall
  • Bodies, Sex and Race
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      Western Encounters with Sex and Bodies in Non-European Cultures, 1500–1750 By Jonathan Burton
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      ‘The Roots that Clutch’: Bodies, sex and race since 1750 By Antoinette Burton
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    Afterword By Lisa Downing
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    Back Matter