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A sweeping survey of sexuality in Europe from the Greeks to the present,__Desire: A History of European Sexuality__follows changing attitudes to two major concepts of sexual desire - desire as dangerous, polluting, and disorderly, and desire as creative, transcendent, even revolutionary - through the major turning points of European history.Chronological in structure, and wide ranging in scope,__Desire__addresses such topics as sex in ancient Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, sexual contact and culture clash in Spain and colonial Mesoamerica, new attitudes toward sexuality in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and sex in Bolshevik Russia and Nazi Germany. The book introduces the concept of "twilight moments" to describe activities seen as shameful or dishonorable, but which were tolerated when concealed by shadows, and integrates the history of heterosexuality with same-sex desire, as well as exploring the emotions of love and lust as well as the politics of sex and personal experiences. This new edition has been updated to include a new chapter on sex and imperialism and expanded discussions of Islam and trans issues.Drawing on a rich array of sources, including poetry, nov

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Author

Anna J Clark

Publisher

Routledge Taylor et Francis Group

Published

2019

Language

EN

ISBN

9781351139144

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Sociology, Science