Sexuality, Biology & Life Sciences, Reference - Medicine, Theories of Science, Biology & Life Sciences, Social & Cultural History, Art by Subjects, Biology
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Overview
A pictorial cultural history of the images and iconography of sexuality in the Western world, from the Middle Ages down to the present. The first book of its type, this beautifully illustrated work contains 328 plates, many heretofore unknown, which comprise the visual tradition of human sexuality. Traces mythmaking about the sexual form, from the early cultural roots of Christianity to more recent mythmaking about AIDS, drawing on material from medicine, anatomy, pathology, art, and literature to show how our idea of the body and its sexuality has been portrayed. Includes new material on Jack the Ripper, and new interpretations on the contributions of Da Vinci and Goethe.This visually striking text traces, for the first time, mythmaking about the sexual form, from cultural roots in Christianity to the recent mythmaking about AIDs. 328 illustations.
Editorials
Booknews
Gilman humane studies and history of psychiatry, Cornell U. traces the representation of sexuality in Western civilization since the advent of Christianity. His emphasis is on sexuality and the body as socially and historically contingent phenomena. Some 230 illustrations display the evolving iconography of sexual representation. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR booknews.comBook Details
Published
January 1, 1990
Publisher
New York : Wiley, c1989.
Pages
376
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780471837923