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'Art, Sex and Eugenics ' : Corpus Delecti by Fae Brauer, Anthea Callen (eds.) is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is 'Art, Sex and Eugenics ' : Corpus Delecti about?
Exposing uncanny resemblances between eugenic sexual management and body imagery in France, Britain, Communist Russia, Nazi Germany and America well before and after the Second World War, this book reveals how art and sex promoted the eugenic quest for the perfect body. Ultimately the collection establishes that art inculcated sexual desire for procreative heterosexuality with the corpus delecti - the healthy, wholesome delectable body sanctioned by eugenics for genetically improving the Western race.
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It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Fae Brauer, Anthea Callen (eds.)
- Publisher
- Ashgate Publishing Limited
- Published
- 2008
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780754658276
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- History, Art, History & Criticism
- Rating
- 4 / 5 (1 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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