Roman Charity : Queer Lactations in Early Modern Visual Culture
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Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Image
ISBN-10
3837632849
ISBN-13
9783837632842
Publisher
Transcript Verlag
Imprint
Transcript Verlag
Country of Manufacture
DE
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Nov 7th, 2016
Print length
430 Pages
Weight
680 grams
Dimensions
2.30 x 1.50 x 0.20 cms
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»Roman Charity« investigates the iconography of Pero, the daughter who breastfed her father, as a figure of excess, queer desire, and dissent in early modern patriarchy.
»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.
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