Roman Charity Queer Lactations in Early Modern Visual Culture

»Roman Charity« investigates the iconography of the breastfeeding daughter from the perspective of queer sexuality and erotic maternity. The volume explores the popularity of a topic that appealed to early modern observers for its eroticizing shock value, its ironic take on the concept of Catholic »...

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Autor principal: Gisela Sperling, Jutta (auth)
Formato: Electrónico Capítulo de libro
Lenguaje:inglés
Publicado: Bielefeld transcript Verlag 2016
Colección:Image 87
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Sumario:»Roman Charity« investigates the iconography of the breastfeeding daughter from the perspective of queer sexuality and erotic maternity. The volume explores the popularity of a topic that appealed to early modern observers for its eroticizing shock value, its ironic take on the concept of Catholic »charity«, and its implied critique of patriarchal power structures. It analyses why early modern viewers found an incestuous, adult breastfeeding scene »good to think with« and aims at expanding and queering our notions of early modern sexuality. Jutta Gisela Sperling discusses the different visual contexts in which »Roman Charity« flourished and reconstructs contemporary horizons of expectation by reference to literary sources, medical practice, and legal culture.
Descripción Física:1 electronic resource (430 p.)
ISBN:9783839432846
9783837632842
Acceso:Open Access