Masculinity, Senses, Spirit

Masculinity, Senses, Spirit brings together current work by leading scholars in the fields of gender studies, religion, history, and cultural studies to examine the complex interrelationship between gender, sexuality, and the realms of the spirit and the senses in the Atlantic world from the 18th century to the present.

List of contents

Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 The Union of Masculine and Feminine in Zinzendorfian Piety Chapter 3 Wives of the Lamb: Moravian Brothers and Gender around 1750 Chapter 4 Temporal Men and the Eternal Bridegroom: Moravian Masculinity in the Eighteenth Century Chapter 5 Techniques of Epicurian Masculinity: The Playing Method in German Education 1774-1820 Chapter 6 Engendering the Gastronome Chapter 7 Twins! Homosexuality and Masculinity in Nineteenth-Century Germany Chapter 8 The Politics of Eros: The German Männerbund between Anit-Feminism and Anti-Semitism Chapter 9 Priesting Like a Woman: A Phenomenology of Feminine Body in the Role of Episcopal Priest Chapter 10 Afterword Chapter 11 Notes on Contributors Chapter 12 Index

About the author

Katherine M. Faull is professor of German and comparative humanities at Bucknell University.

Summary

Masculinity, Senses, Spirit brings together current work by leading scholars in the fields of gender studies, religion, history, and cultural studies to examine the complex interrelationship between gender, sexuality, and the realms of the spirit and the senses in the Atlantic world from the Eighteenth century to the present.

Product details

• Authors: Katherine Faull
• Assisted by: Katherine Faull (Editor), Katherine M Faull (Editor), Katherine M. Faull (Editor)
• Publisher: University Press Copublishing Division
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781611480221
• ISBN: 978-1-61148-022-1
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 216 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 431 g
• Series: Apercus: Histories Texts Cultures; Apercus: Histories Texts Cultu; Apercus: Histories Texts Cultures; Apercus: Histories Texts Cultu; Aperçus: Histories Texts Cultu
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology