Download or read book After the Lovedeath written by Lawrence Kramer and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2000-07-07 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A professor of English and Music at Fordham University, author Lawrence Kramer traces today's sexual identities to their 19th-century sources, drawing on the music, literature, and thought of the period to show how normal identity both promotes and rationalizes violence against women.