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Editorial Reviews
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Wiesner-Hanks has accomplished a remarkable task: she has written a highly informative and readable, even enjoyable textbook on sexuality in the early modern world.--Peter Sigal, California State University.
The information and coverage in this book reveal the learnedness of its author and provide both teachers and studnets with an indispensable introductory perspective on early modern European Christain colonial relations and their effects in the domain of sexuality. This text will prove enormously valuable in the classroom.--Carla Freccero, University of California.
One of the book's most valuable features is a section on Selected Further Reading following each chapter. Here the English language secondary literature is listed, organized, and commented upon. Wiesner-Hanks's obvious expertise in this vast literature, her grasp of the complexity of the subject and her sensitivity to the danger of generalizations are laudable.
–Religious Studies Review
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Christianity and Sexuality in the Early Modern World surveys the ways in which Christian ideas and institutions shaped sexual norms and conduct from the time of Luther and Columbus to that of Thomas Jefferson. It is global in scope and geographic in organization, with chapters on Protestant, Catholic, and Orthodox Europe, Latin America, Africa and Asia, and North America. The volume explores such topics as marriage and divorce, fornication and illegitimacy, clerical sexuality, witchcraft and love magic, homosexuality, and moral crimes. It examines learned and popular notions of sexuality in and outside of Christian Europe, the development of institutions to enforce Christian standards, and the role of class, race, family, economy, and local traditions in shaping sexual behavior.
Merry Wiesner-Hanks sets her findings within the context of many historical fields--the history of sexuality and the body, women's history, legal, religious and gay and lesbian history, and colonial studies--and provides readers with an introduction to key theoretical and methodological issues in each of these areas.
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Wiesner-Hanks has accomplished a remarkable task: she has written a highly informative and readable, even enjoyable textbook on sexuality in the early modern world.--Peter Sigal, California State University.
The information and coverage in this book reveal the learnedness of its author and provide both teachers and studnets with an indispensable introductory perspective on early modern European Christain colonial relations and their effects in the domain of sexuality. This text will prove enormously valuable in the classroom.--Carla Freccero, University of California.
One of the book's most valuable features is a section on Selected Further Reading following each chapter. Here the English language secondary literature is listed, organized, and commented upon. Wiesner-Hanks's obvious expertise in this vast literature, her grasp of the complexity of the subject and her sensitivity to the danger of generalizations are laudable.
–Religious Studies Review
Product Description
Christianity and Sexuality in the Early Modern World surveys the ways in which Christian ideas and institutions shaped sexual norms and conduct from the time of Luther and Columbus to that of Thomas Jefferson. It is global in scope and geographic in organization, with chapters on Protestant, Catholic, and Orthodox Europe, Latin America, Africa and Asia, and North America. The volume explores such topics as marriage and divorce, fornication and illegitimacy, clerical sexuality, witchcraft and love magic, homosexuality, and moral crimes. It examines learned and popular notions of sexuality in and outside of Christian Europe, the development of institutions to enforce Christian standards, and the role of class, race, family, economy, and local traditions in shaping sexual behavior.
Merry Wiesner-Hanks sets her findings within the context of many historical fields--the history of sexuality and the body, women's history, legal, religious and gay and lesbian history, and colonial studies--and provides readers with an introduction to key theoretical and methodological issues in each of these areas.
See all Editorial Reviews
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