Debating Sex and Gender in Eighteenth-Century Spain

Nonfiction, History, European General, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science
Cover of the book Debating Sex and Gender in Eighteenth-Century Spain by Marta V. Vicente, Cambridge University Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Marta V. Vicente ISBN: 9781108506748
Publisher: Cambridge University Press Publication: October 5, 2017
Imprint: Cambridge University Press Language: English
Author: Marta V. Vicente
ISBN: 9781108506748
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication: October 5, 2017
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Language: English

Eighteenth-century debates continue to set the terms of modern day discussions on how 'nature and nurture' shape sex and gender. Current dialogues - from the tension between 'real' and 'ideal' bodies, to how nature and society shape sexual difference - date back to the early modern period. Debating Sex and Gender is an innovative study of the creation of a two-sex model of human sexuality based on different genitalia within Spain, reflecting the enlightened quest to promote social reproduction and stability. Drawing on primary sources such as medical treatises and legal literature, Vicente traces the lives of individuals whose ambiguous sex and gender made them examples for physicians, legislators and educators for how nature, family upbringing, education, and the social environment shaped an individual's sex. This book brings together insights from the histories of sexuality, medicine and the law to shed new light on this timely and important field of study.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Eighteenth-century debates continue to set the terms of modern day discussions on how 'nature and nurture' shape sex and gender. Current dialogues - from the tension between 'real' and 'ideal' bodies, to how nature and society shape sexual difference - date back to the early modern period. Debating Sex and Gender is an innovative study of the creation of a two-sex model of human sexuality based on different genitalia within Spain, reflecting the enlightened quest to promote social reproduction and stability. Drawing on primary sources such as medical treatises and legal literature, Vicente traces the lives of individuals whose ambiguous sex and gender made them examples for physicians, legislators and educators for how nature, family upbringing, education, and the social environment shaped an individual's sex. This book brings together insights from the histories of sexuality, medicine and the law to shed new light on this timely and important field of study.

More books from Cambridge University Press

Cover of the book United States Migrant Interdiction and the Detention of Refugees in Guantánamo Bay by Marta V. Vicente
Cover of the book The Political Bible in Early Modern England by Marta V. Vicente
Cover of the book How to Be a Pyrrhonist by Marta V. Vicente
Cover of the book Solid Mechanics by Marta V. Vicente
Cover of the book Social Influence on Close Relationships by Marta V. Vicente
Cover of the book Family, Law, and Inheritance in America by Marta V. Vicente
Cover of the book Virginia Woolf and the Migrations of Language by Marta V. Vicente
Cover of the book The Law of Collaborative Defence Procurement in the European Union by Marta V. Vicente
Cover of the book Descartes: Meditations on First Philosophy by Marta V. Vicente
Cover of the book Games by Marta V. Vicente
Cover of the book Microwave and RF Vacuum Electronic Power Sources by Marta V. Vicente
Cover of the book A Concise History of Germany by Marta V. Vicente
Cover of the book Animal Sacrifice in the Ancient Greek World by Marta V. Vicente
Cover of the book The Consul at Rome by Marta V. Vicente
Cover of the book Topics in Critical Point Theory by Marta V. Vicente
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy