Bodies, Sex and Desire from the Renaissance to the Present

Bodies, Sex and Desire from the Renaissance to the Present
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 269
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ISBN-10 : 9780230354128
ISBN-13 : 0230354122
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Download or read book Bodies, Sex and Desire from the Renaissance to the Present written by Kate Fisher and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-12-11 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An examination of how bodies and sexualities have been constructed, categorised, represented, diagnosed, experienced and subverted from the fifteenth to the early twenty-first century. It draws attention to continuities in thinking about bodies and sex: concept may have changed, but hey nevertheless draw on older ideas and language.


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