Early Modern Hermaphrodites

Early Modern Hermaphrodites
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 227
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ISBN-10 : 9780230510227
ISBN-13 : 0230510221
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Book Synopsis Early Modern Hermaphrodites by : R. Gilbert

Download or read book Early Modern Hermaphrodites written by R. Gilbert and published by Springer. This book was released on 2002-04-19 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


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