Sex Before Sex - Figuring the Act in Early Modern England

Klappentext Sex before Sex makes clear that we cannot simply transfer our contemporary notions of what constitutes a sex act into the past and expect them to be true for those who were then reading literature and watching plays. The contributors confront how our current critical assumptions about definitions of sex restrict our understanding of representations of sexuality in early modern England. Zusammenfassung Sex before Sex makes clear that we cannot simply transfer our contemporary notions of what constitutes a sex act into the past and expect them to be true for those who were then reading literature and watching plays. The contributors confront how our current critical assumptions about definitions of sex restrict our understanding of representations of sexuality in early modern England.

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• Authors: James M. (EDT)/ Stockton Bromley, James M. Stockton Bromley, Will Bromley Stockton, STOCKTON WILL BROMLEY JAMES M
• Assisted by: James M. Bromley (Editor), Will Stockton (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of Minnesota Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.02.2013
• EAN: 9780816680771
• ISBN: 978-0-8166-8077-1
• No. of pages: 320
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research