Pornographic Archaeology Medicine, Medievalism, and the Invention of the French Nation |
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| Author:
| Stahuljak, Zrinka |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8122-4447-2 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2012 |
| Publisher: | University of Pennsylvania Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $95.00 |
Book Description:
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Pornographic Archaeology uncovers the determinant role that the sexuality of the Middle Ages played in the construction of nineteenth-century French nation and empire. This cultural history demonstrates how medicine's obsession with the medieval past helped to define European sexuality, race, marriage, and family.
Pornographic Archaeology uncovers the determinant role that the sexuality of the Middle Ages played in the construction of nineteenth-century French nation and empire. This cultural history demonstrates how medicine's obsession with the medieval past helped to define European sexuality, race, marriage, and family.