Overview

The 19th century saw intense urbanization, the development of a consumer culture, the formalization of gender roles, the solidification of class structures, and various encounters with the exotic customs of the colonies – all of which contributed to enhance sexual anxiety among the middle classes. In response, new social conventions, sanitary prescriptions, practices of self-control, and policies of sex regulation and education were developed as a means to control disorderly sexual behavior. At the same time, though an ideology based on sexual respectability was largely promoted throughout society, significant individuals and subcultures often challenged both the principle and the practice of such morality. A Cultural History of Sexuality in the Age of Empire presents an overview of the period with essays on heterosexuality, homosexuality, sexual variations, religious and legal issues, health concerns, popular beliefs about sexuality, prostitution and erotica.

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Author:   Chiara Beccalossi ,  Ivan Crozier ,  Crozier ,  Beccalossi
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Berg Publishers
Dimensions:   Width: 17.20cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 24.40cm
Weight:   0.740kg
ISBN:  

9781847888044

ISBN 10:   1847888046
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   01 March 2012
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

1 Introduction: The Cultural History of Sexuality in the Nineteenth Century Chiara Beccalossi (University of Queensland, Australia) and Ivan Crozier (University of Edinburgh, UK) 2 Heterosexuality: An Unfettered Capacity for Degeneracy Chad Parkhill and Elizabeth Stephens (both University of Queensland, AUSTRALIA) 3 Homosexuality: European and Colonial Encounters Sean Brady (Birkbeck College, London, UK) 4 Sexual Variations Lisa Downing (University of Exeter, UK) 5 Sex, Religion, and the Law: The Regulation of Sexual Behaviors, 1820-1920 Louise A. Jackson (University of Edinburgh, UK) 6 Sex, Medicine and Disease: From Reproduction to Sexuality Chiara Beccalossi (University of Queensland, AUSTRALIA) 7 Sex, Popular Beliefs and Culture: Discourses on the Sexual Child Gail Hawkes (University of New England, Australia) and R. Danielle Egan (St Lawrence University in Canton, USA) 8 Prostitution: The Age of Empires Raelene Frances (Monash University, AUSTRALIA) 9 Erotica: Sexual Imagery, Empires, and Colonies Ruth Ford (La Trobe University, AUSTRALIA) Notes Bibliography Contributors Index

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BOTTOM LINE Upper-division undergraduate and graduate students will find this overview of the progression of thought about sexuality in the Western world helpful in their studies of social history, cultural history, and gender. -- Martha Hardy, Metropolitan State University Library, St. Paul, MN Library Journal

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Chiara Beccalossi is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Centre for the History of European Discourses, University of Queensland, Australia, and author of Female Sexual Inversion: Same-Sex Desires in Italian and British Sexology. Ivan Crozier is Senior Lecturer in the Science Studies Unit at the University of Edinburgh.

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