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Roman Charity: Queer Lactations in Early Modern Visual Culture
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Abstract "Roman Charity" investigates the iconography of the breastfeeding daughter from the perspective of queer sexuality and erotic maternity. The volume explores the popularity of a topic that appealed to early modern observers for its eroticizing shock value, its ironic take on the concept of Catholic "... mehr
"Roman Charity" investigates the iconography of the breastfeeding daughter from the perspective of queer sexuality and erotic maternity. The volume explores the popularity of a topic that appealed to early modern observers for its eroticizing shock value, its ironic take on the concept of Catholic "charity", and its implied critique of patriarchal power structures. It analyses why early modern viewers found an incestuous, adult breastfeeding scene "good to think with" and aims at expanding and queering our notions of early modern sexuality. The author discusses the different visual contexts in which "Roman Charity" flourished and reconstructs contemporary horizons of expectation by reference to literary sources, medical practice, and legal culture.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
frühe Neuzeit; Sexualität; Gender; Kunst; Kulturgeschichte; Kunstgeschichte
Klassifikation
Sozialgeschichte, historische Sozialforschung
Freie Schlagwörter
Visual Culture; Queer Studies; Early Modern History; Gender; Patriarchy; Image; Visual Studies; Queer Theory; Fine Arts
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2016
Verlag
transcript Verlag
Erscheinungsort
Bielefeld
Seitenangabe
430 S.
Schriftenreihe
Image, 87
DOI
https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839432846
ISBN
978-3-8394-3284-6
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet
Lizenz
Creative Commons - Namensnennung, Nicht kommerz., Keine Bearbeitung 4.0