Imperial Bibles, domestic bodies : women, sexuality, and religion in the Victorian market / / Mary Wilson Carpenter

• Autore: Carpenter Mary Wilson <1937->
• Pubblicazione: Athens, Ohio, : Ohio University Press, c2003
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (230 p.)
• Disciplina: 220/.0941/09034
• Soggetto topico: 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
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-198) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Imperial Bibles, domestic bodies
• ISBN: 0-8214-4179-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910957963403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II