Presence - A Hidden History of the Female Body

About the author

Erin Maglaque is a writer and historian at the University of Sheffield. She has a DPhil in History from the University of Oxford, and has held research fellowships and visiting professorships at Oxford, Harvard, the University of Toulouse, and the National Humanities Center in the U.S. Her research has focused on the history of gender, the body, and the family. She has published award-winning research articles on these subjects, and an academic monograph about gender and family life in early modern Venice that was widely reviewed. Her essays have been translated into multiple languages. Presence is her first book.

Product details

• Authors: Erin Maglaque
• Publisher: JONATHAN CAPE
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 18.06.2026
• EAN: 9781787335356
• ISBN: 978-1-78733-535-6
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 240 mm x 40 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Essays, feuilletons, literary criticism, interviews; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women, Prose: non-fiction, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, HISTORY / Social History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, HISTORY / Women, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Women’s health, Feminism & feminist theory, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, 15th century, c 1400 to c 1499, Social and cultural history, Feminism and feminist theory, Gender studies: women and girls, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, Subject matter intended specifically for women and/or girls, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs