Genders and Sexualities in History: Same-Sex Desires in Italian and British Sexology, c. 1870-1920

Beccalossi, Chiara

An examination of how female same-sex desires were represented in a wide range of Italian and British medical writings, 1870-1920. It shows how the psychiatric category of sexual inversion was positioned alongside other medical ideas of same-sex desires, such as the virago, tribade-prostitute, fiamma and gynaecological explanations.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2012-01-01

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9781349313686

DOI: 10.1057/9780230354111

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 304