The Roman Charity (eBook)

Queer Lactations in Early Modern Visual Culture

Jutta Gisela Sperling (Autor)

eBook Download: PDF

2016 | 1. Auflage
380 Seiten
Transcript Verlag
978-3-8394-3284-6 (ISBN)

Infos

The ancient stories of Pero, who breastfed her father, and of the unnamend Roman daughter, who breastfed her mother, were of tremendous interest to artists and their audiences from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment. »The Roman Charity« investigates the iconography of the breastfeeding daughter from the perspective of queer sexuality and erotic maternity. The book explores the popularity of a topic that renders modern viewers uneasy, but appealed to early modern observers for its eroticizing shock value, its ironic take on the venerable concept of »charity«, and its implied critique of patriarchal power structures. It tries to understand why and how 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 (PhD) teaches early modern history at Hampshire College, MA. Her research interests include convent studies, comparative legal studies in the Mediterranean, and early modern lactation imagery.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 10.10.2016
• Reihe/Serie: Image
• Reihe/Serie: Image
• Zusatzinfo: Klebebindung, 109 SW-Abbildungen, 48 Farbabbildungen
• Verlagsort: Bielefeld
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 150 x 150 mm
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Schlagworte: ART • Art History • Cultural History • Early Modern History • Fine Arts • Gender • Image • Patriarchy • Queer Studies • Queer Theory • Visual Studies
• ISBN-10: 3-8394-3284-7 / 3839432847
• ISBN-13: 978-3-8394-3284-6 / 9783839432846