Female Sexual Inversion : Same-Sex Desires in Italian and British Sexology, c. 1870-1920 Paperback / softback
by Chiara Beccalossi
Part of the Genders and Sexualities in History series
Paperback / softback
Description
An examination of how female same-sex desires were represented in a wide range of Italian and British medical writings, 1870-1920.
It shows how the psychiatric category of sexual inversion was positioned alongside other medical ideas of same-sex desires, such as the virago, tribade-prostitute, fiamma and gynaecological explanations.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:304 pages, XIV, 304 p.
- Publisher:Palgrave Macmillan
- Publication Date:01/01/2012
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- ISBN:9781349313686
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:304 pages, XIV, 304 p.
- Publisher:Palgrave Macmillan
- Publication Date:01/01/2012
- Category:
- ISBN:9781349313686