Female Sexual Inversion

Female Sexual Inversion
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 314
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ISBN-10 : 9780230354111
ISBN-13 : 0230354114
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Book Synopsis Female Sexual Inversion by : Chiara Beccalossi

Download or read book Female Sexual Inversion written by Chiara Beccalossi and published by Springer. This book was released on 2011-10-26 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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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