Myths of Sexuality : Representations of Women in Victorian Britain
Nead, Lynda
Myths of Sexuality : Representations of Women in Victorian Britain - Cambridge : Basil Blackwell, 1990.
Select Bibliography p. 213.
The development of industrial capitalism in Victorian Britain had a profund effect on constructions of femininity and female sexuality. This work offers an analysis of representations which defined and regulated women in the period. Ideas of normal and deviant behaviour are shown to have been produced through legal, religious and medical texts and through cultural forms such as painting and literature. This book examines the role of culture in the formation of broad political issues such as class, gender and national identity.
0-631-172572
COMPORTAMIENTO SEXUAL
ESTEREOTIPO SEXUAL
PROSTITUCIÓN
VALORES SOCIALES
ÉPOCA VICTORIANA
VALORES MORALES
PROBLEMA SOCIAL
ENFERMEDAD VENÉREA
MUJER--REINO UNIDO
PURITANISMO
Myths of Sexuality : Representations of Women in Victorian Britain - Cambridge : Basil Blackwell, 1990.
Select Bibliography p. 213.
The development of industrial capitalism in Victorian Britain had a profund effect on constructions of femininity and female sexuality. This work offers an analysis of representations which defined and regulated women in the period. Ideas of normal and deviant behaviour are shown to have been produced through legal, religious and medical texts and through cultural forms such as painting and literature. This book examines the role of culture in the formation of broad political issues such as class, gender and national identity.
0-631-172572
COMPORTAMIENTO SEXUAL
ESTEREOTIPO SEXUAL
PROSTITUCIÓN
VALORES SOCIALES
ÉPOCA VICTORIANA
VALORES MORALES
PROBLEMA SOCIAL
ENFERMEDAD VENÉREA
MUJER--REINO UNIDO
PURITANISMO