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UNINA9910957963403321 |
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Autore |
Carpenter Mary Wilson <1937-> |
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Imperial Bibles, domestic bodies : women, sexuality, and religion in the Victorian market / / Mary Wilson Carpenter |
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Athens, Ohio, : Ohio University Press, c2003 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (230 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Families - Religious life - Great Britain - History - 19th century |
Christian women - Religious life - Great Britain - History - 19th century |
Sex - Religious aspects - Christianity - History of doctrines - 19th century |
Christian literature - Publishing - Great Britain - History - 19th century |
Women and literature - Great Britain - History - 19th century |
English literature - Women authors - History and criticism |
English literature - 19th century - History and criticism |
Sex in literature |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-198) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Intro -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I: The Authorized Version in the Marketplace -- 1/ Consumer Christianity -- 2/Closeting the Family Bible and the Family -- 3/Family Bibles and Family Angels -- Part II: Consuming the Authorized Version -- 4/Playing with Sacred Pages -- 5/"A Bit of Her Flesh" -- 6/Victorian Schemes of the Apocalypse -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Exploring the production and consumption of British commerical family bibles, this book sheds light on the history of women's sexuality, and the English view of such taboo subjects as same-sex relations, masturbation, menstruation and circumcision. |
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