Sexual Underworlds Of The Enlightenment by G.S. Rousseau

Dynes and Stephen Donaldson (eds), History of Homosexuality 'Lesbian sexuality in medieval and early modernĮighteenth-century France', in Wayne R. It was attributed to diverse inborn causes such as distinctive anatomies or physiologies, and embryological, astrological, or temperamental factors. The deviance of such persons seemed outwardly inscribed upon their bodies, documented in treatises and case studies.

These concepts were renewed, elaborated, and reassessed from the late medieval scientific revival to the early Enlightenment. The sciences of antiquity had posited various types of same-sexual affinities rooted in singular natures. This collection establishes that efforts to produce scientific explanations for same-sex desires and sexual behaviours are not a modern invention, but have long been characteristic of European thought. It explores the significance of those representations and interpretations from around 1450 to 1750, long before the term homosexuality was coined and accrued its current range of cultural meanings. The Sciences of Homosexuality in Early Modern Europe investigates early modern scientific accounts of same-sex desires and the shapes they assumed in everyday life. The Sciences of Homosexuality in Early Modern Europe (Routledge, 2007). Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, 1991.īorris, Kenneth and George S. Transuming Passion: Ganymede and the Erotics of Humanism. The World of the Castrati: The History of an Extraordinary Operatic Phenomenon. Bibliography of Gay and Lesbian History: Early Modern EuropeīIBLIOGRAPHY OF GAY AND LESBIAN HISTORY Compiled by Rictor NortonĮarly Modern European History Barbier, Patrick

Sexual Underworlds Of The Enlightenment by G.S. Rousseau