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Roman Charity: Queer Lactations in Early Modern Visual Culture
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Abstract "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 "... view more
"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. The author 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.... view less
Keywords
early modern times; sexuality; gender; art; cultural history; art history
Classification
Social History, Historical Social Research
Free Keywords
Visual Culture; Queer Studies; Early Modern History; Gender; Patriarchy; Image; Visual Studies; Queer Theory; Fine Arts
Document language
English
Publication Year
2016
Publisher
transcript Verlag
City
Bielefeld
Page/Pages
430 p.
Series
Image, 87
DOI
https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839432846
ISBN
978-3-8394-3284-6
Status
Published Version; reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0