Publication

2016 - transcript Verlag, No place, unknown, or undetermined

Language

English

Word Count

107,500 words, Guess

Page Count

430 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139783839432846
  • ISBN-139783837632842
  • ISBN-103839432847
  • ISBN-103837632849
  • OCLC Control Number968135622
and 3 more
  • Better World Books9783837632842
  • Better World Books9783839432846
  • Open LibraryOL28358745M

Classifications

  • LCCN8217.B75S64 2016
  • LCCN8217.B76 S64x 2016

Description

»Roman Charity« 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 »charity«, and its implied critique of patriarchal power structures. It analyses why early modern viewers found an incestuous, adult breastfeeding scene »good to think with« and aims at expanding and queering our notions of early modern sexuality. Jutta Gisela Sperling discusses the different visual contexts in which »Roman Charity« flourished and reconstructs contemporary horizons of expectation by reference to literary sources, medical practice, and legal culture.

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