Genders and Sexualities in History: An Intellectual History

Cryle, P.; Moore, A.

This first major study of a curiously neglected term in the history of sexuality will intrigue students, scholars and enthusiasts alike. The authors take us through a journey across four centuries, showing how notions of sexual coldness and frigidity have been thought about by legal, medical, psychiatric, psychoanalytic and literary writers.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2011-01-01

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9781349338139

DOI: 10.1057/9780230337039

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 317