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Itch, Clap, Pox

- Venereal Disease in the Eighteenth-Century Imagination
Af: Noelle Gallagher Engelsk Hardback

Itch, Clap, Pox

- Venereal Disease in the Eighteenth-Century Imagination
Af: Noelle Gallagher Engelsk Hardback
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A lively interdisciplinary study of how venereal disease was represented in eighteenth-century British literature and art In eighteenth-century Britain, venereal disease was everywhere and nowhere: while physicians and commentators believed the condition to be widespread, it remained shrouded in secrecy, and was often represented using slang, symbolism, and wordplay. In this book, literary critic Noelle Gallagher explores the cultural significance of the “clap” (gonorrhea), the “pox” (syphilis), and the “itch” (genital scabies) for the development of eighteenth-century British literature and art.   As a condition both represented through metaphors and used as a metaphor, venereal disease provided a vehicle for the discussion of cultural anxieties about gender, race, commerce, and immigration. Gallagher highlights four key concepts associated with venereal disease, demonstrating how infection’s symbolic potency was enhanced by its links to elite masculinity, prostitution, foreignness, and facial deformities. Casting light where the sun rarely shines, this study will fascinate anyone interested in the history of literature, art, medicine, and sexuality.
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A lively interdisciplinary study of how venereal disease was represented in eighteenth-century British literature and art In eighteenth-century Britain, venereal disease was everywhere and nowhere: while physicians and commentators believed the condition to be widespread, it remained shrouded in secrecy, and was often represented using slang, symbolism, and wordplay. In this book, literary critic Noelle Gallagher explores the cultural significance of the “clap” (gonorrhea), the “pox” (syphilis), and the “itch” (genital scabies) for the development of eighteenth-century British literature and art.   As a condition both represented through metaphors and used as a metaphor, venereal disease provided a vehicle for the discussion of cultural anxieties about gender, race, commerce, and immigration. Gallagher highlights four key concepts associated with venereal disease, demonstrating how infection’s symbolic potency was enhanced by its links to elite masculinity, prostitution, foreignness, and facial deformities. Casting light where the sun rarely shines, this study will fascinate anyone interested in the history of literature, art, medicine, and sexuality.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 288
ISBN-13: 9780300217056
Indbinding: Hardback
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ISBN-10: 0300217056
Kategori: Verdenshistorie
Udg. Dato: 12 mar 2019
Længde: 24mm
Bredde: 163mm
Højde: 242mm
Forlag: Yale University Press
Oplagsdato: 12 mar 2019
Forfatter(e): Noelle Gallagher
Forfatter(e) Noelle Gallagher

Kategori Verdenshistorie

ISBN-13 9780300217056

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Hardback

Sider 288

Udgave

Længde 24mm

Bredde 163mm

Højde 242mm

Udg. Dato 12 mar 2019

Oplagsdato 12 mar 2019

Forlag Yale University Press

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