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English Literary Sexology : Translations of Inversion, 1860-1930 /

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It is well known that much of our modern vocabulary of sex emerged within nineteenth-century German sexology. But how were the 'German ideas' translated and transmitted into English culture? This study provides an examination of the formation of sexual theory between the 1860s and 1930s an...

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Main Author: Bauer, Heike (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
Series:Palgrave studies in nineteenth-century writing and culture.
Subjects:
Literature.
British and Irish Literature.
Cultural Theory.
Gender Studies.
Literary Theory.
Nineteenth-Century Literature.
Social History.
British literature.
Culture > Study and teaching.
Gender expression.
Gender identity.
Literature > Philosophy.
Literature, Modern > 19th century.
Sex (Psychology)
Social history.
Sociology.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:It is well known that much of our modern vocabulary of sex emerged within nineteenth-century German sexology. But how were the 'German ideas' translated and transmitted into English culture? This study provides an examination of the formation of sexual theory between the 1860s and 1930s and its migration across national and disciplinary boundaries.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (XI, 216 pages)
ISBN:9780230234086
DOI:10.1057/9780230234086