| Early Modern Hermaphrodites: Sex and Other Stories 2002 Edition Contributor(s): Gilbert, R. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0333925378 ISBN-13: 9780333925379 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2002 Annotation: From the 16th to the 18th Century, hermaphrodites were discussed and depicted in a range of artistic, mythological, scientific, and erotic contexts. "Early Modern Hermaphrodites" looks at some of those representations to explore the stories they tell about ambiguous sex and gender in early modern England. Gilbert examines the often contradictory ways in which hermaphrodites were represented as both spiritual ideals and sexual grotesques; as freaks, erotic objects, and medical curiosities; and as literary metaphors and signs of social decay. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Gender Studies - Psychology | Human Sexuality (see Also Social Science - Human Sexuality) - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: 616.694 |
| LCCN: 2001056129 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.7" W x 8.6" (0.75 lbs) 214 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 16th Century - Chronological Period - 17th Century - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Cultural Region - British Isles - Sex & Gender - Gay |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: From the sixteenth century to the eighteenth century, hermaphrodites were discussed and depicted in a range of artistic, mythological, scientific and erotic contexts. Early Modern Hermaphrodites looks at some of those representations to explore the stories they tell about ambiguous sex and gender in early modern England. Gilbert examines the often contradictory ways in which hermaphrodites were represented as both spiritual ideals and sexual grotesques; as freaks, erotic objects and medical curiosities' and as literary metaphors and signs of social decay. |