The Sexuality of History
Author | : Susan S. Lanser |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 356 |
Release | : 2014-12-05 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780226187730 |
ISBN-13 | : 022618773X |
Rating | : 4/5 (73X Downloads) |
Download or read book The Sexuality of History written by Susan S. Lanser and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2014-12-05 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the 17th and 18th centuries, as European cultures grappled with the challenges of emergent modernity, ideas about female same-sex relations became a flash-point for contests about authority and liberty, power and difference, desire and duty, mobility and change, order and governance. Exploring a wide range of texts from more than two centuries and multiple language cultures, this book argues for the significance of relations between women to the early modern social imaginary.