Queer Anatomies: Aesthetics and Desire in the Anatomical Image, 1700-1900

by Michael Sappol

In centuries past, sexual body-parts and same-sex desire were un-men--tionables de-barred from polite conver-sa-tion and printed discourse. Yet one scientific discipline-ana-to-my-had license to rep-re-sent and nar-rate the in-timate details of the human body-anus and genitals in-clud-ed. Figured with-in the frame of an anatomical plate, pre-sen-ta-tions of dissected bo-dies and body-parts were often soberly tech-ni-cal. But just as often mon-strous,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350400874
• ISBN13: 9781350400870
• Release Date: August 2024
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Visual Arts
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"