The Manly Masquerade

Masculinity, Paternity, And Castration In The Italian Renaissance

by Valeria Finucci
language: english
Publisher: DUKE UNIVERSITY PRESS, March of 2003 ‧
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Highlighting the fissures running through Italian Renaissance ideas of manliness, this title describes how, alongside pervasive images of the virile, sexually active man, early modern Italian culture recognized the existence of hermaphrodites and started to experiment with a fresh kind of sexuality by manufacturing a non-man: the castrato.

The Manly Masquerade

Masculinity, Paternity, And Castration In The Italian Renaissance

by Valeria Finucci

Property Description
ISBN: 9780822330547
Publisher: DUKE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Release Date: March of 2003
Language: English
Cover: Hardcover
Pages: 328
Format: Book
Collection: American Encounters/Global Interactions
Categories: Books in English > History > History of Europe
Books in English > Others
EAN: 9780822330547

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