Sexuality at the fin de siècle : the makings of a "central problem" / edited by Peter Cryle and Christopher E. Forth.

Other author Cryle, P. M. (Peter Maxwell), 1946-
Other author Forth, Christopher E.
Format Book
Publication InfoNewark : University of Delaware Press, ©2008.
Description201 pages ; 25 cm
Subjects
Sex--History. --19th century.
Sex customs--History. --19th century.
Human body in popular culture--History. --19th century.

Contents Introduction : the makings of a central problem / Peter Cryle and Christopher E. Forth -- Anatomies of desire : photographic exhibitions of female bodies in fin-de-siècle anatomical museums / Elizabeth Stephens -- Beyond the theater of desire : hysterical performativity and perverse choreography in the writings of the Salpêtrière School, 1862-93 / Jonathan Marshall -- The bastard offspring of Hermes and Aphrodite : sexual "anomalies" and medical curiosity in France / Gabrielle Houbre ; Nikki Clavarino and Peter Cryle, translators -- The aesthetics of the spasm / Peter Cryle -- Measurements of civilization : non-western female sexuality and the fin-de-siècle social body / Heike Bauer -- "The despair of unhappy love" : pederasty and popular fiction in the Belle Époque / Michael L. Wilson -- Fin-de-siècle sexuality and excretion / Alison Moore -- A diet of pleasures : sexuality, dietetics, and identity at the fin de siècle / Christopher E. Forth -- The "open secret," affect, and the history of sexuality / Carolyn J. Dean -- Afterword : sex and heredity at the fin de siècle / Vernon A. Rosario.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2008006774
ISBN9780874130379 (alk. paper)
ISBN0874130379 (alk. paper)

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