Roman Charity Queer Lactations in Early Modern Visual Culture
{BB}Roman Charity{plusmn} investigates the iconography of the breastfeeding daughter from the perspective of queer sexuality and erotic maternity. The volume explores the popularity of a topic that appealed to early modern observers for its eroticizing shock value, its ironic take on the concept of...
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| Formato: | Electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bielefeld :
transcript Verlag
2016.
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| Colección: | OAPEN Library.
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| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b37600758*spi |
| Sumario: | {BB}Roman Charity{plusmn} investigates the iconography of the breastfeeding daughter from the perspective of queer sexuality and erotic maternity. The volume explores the popularity of a topic that appealed to early modern observers for its eroticizing shock value, its ironic take on the concept of Catholic {BB}charity{plusmn}, and its implied critique of patriarchal power structures. It analyses why early modern viewers found an incestuous, adult breastfeeding scene {BB}good to think with{plusmn} and aims at expanding and queering our notions of early modern sexuality. Jutta Gisela Sperling discusses the different visual contexts in which {BB}Roman Charity{plusmn} flourished and reconstructs contemporary horizons of expectation by reference to literary sources, medical practice, and legal culture. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 recurso electrónico |
| Formato: | Forma de acceso: World Wide Web. |
| ISBN: | 9783839432846 9783837632842 |
