LEADER 04520nam 2200877 a 450 001 9910782923903321 005 20230617033646.0 010 $a0-8047-8030-7 024 7 $a10.1515/9780804780308 035 $a(CKB)1000000000007222 035 $a(OCoLC)301295008 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10042881 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000284097 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11222569 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000284097 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10252234 035 $a(PQKB)10409278 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3037444 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3037444 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10042881 035 $a(OCoLC)939263321 035 $a(DE-B1597)581280 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780804780308 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000007222 100 $a20021119d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSexual antipodes$b[electronic resource] $eenlightenment globalization and the placing of sex /$fPamela Cheek 210 $aStanford $cStanford University Press$d2003 215 $a1 online resource (260 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a0-8047-4663-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [195]-236) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tIntroduction --$tPART I. METROPOLITAN ALLEGORIES --$t1. National Character, Publicity and Sex --$t2. Public Women in the French Body Politic --$t3. Public Life in Enlightenment Pornography --$tPART 2. ANTIPODES --$t4. The Sexual Nature of South Sea Islands --$t5. British Encounter: Recognizing Sensibility --$t6. French Encounter: Crafting Transparency --$tNotes --$tIndex 330 $aSexual Antipodes is about how Enlightenment print culture built modern national and racial identity out of images of sexual order and disorder in public life. It examines British and French popular journalism, utopian fiction and travel accounts about South Sea encounter, pamphlet literature, and pornography, as well as more traditional literary sources on the eighteenth century, such as the novel and philosophical essays and tales. The title refers to a premise in utopian and exoticist fiction about the southern portion of the globe: sexual order defines the character of the state. The book begins by examining how the idea of sexual order operated as the principle for explaining national differences in eighteenth-century contestation between Britain and France. It then traces how, following British and French encounters with Tahiti, the comparison of different national sexual orders formed the basis for two theories of race: race as essential character and race as degeneration. 606 $aEnglish literature$y18th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aErotic literature, English$xHistory and criticism 606 $aSex in literature 606 $aFrench literature$y18th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aTravelers' writings, English$xHistory and criticism 606 $aTravelers' writings, French$xHistory and criticism 606 $aErotic literature, French$xHistory and criticism 606 $aComparative literature$xEnglish and French 606 $aComparative literature$xFrench and English 606 $aGlobalization$xHistory$y18th century 606 $aImperialism in literature 606 $aSex customs in literature 606 $aColonies in literature 606 $aEnlightenment 607 $aOceania$xIn literature 615 0$aEnglish literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aErotic literature, English$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aSex in literature. 615 0$aFrench literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aTravelers' writings, English$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aTravelers' writings, French$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aErotic literature, French$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aComparative literature$xEnglish and French. 615 0$aComparative literature$xFrench and English. 615 0$aGlobalization$xHistory 615 0$aImperialism in literature. 615 0$aSex customs in literature. 615 0$aColonies in literature. 615 0$aEnlightenment. 676 $a820.9/3538 700 $aCheek$b Pamela$01517232 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910782923903321 996 $aSexual antipodes$93754159 997 $aUNINA