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1 online resource |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Officers and gentlemen -- The pox and prostitution -- Foreigners -- A chapter of noses -- Conclusion. |
| Summary |
A lively interdisciplinary study of how venereal disease was represented in eighteenth-century British literature and art In eighteenth-century Britain, venereal disease was everywhere and nowhere: while physicians and commentators believed the condition to be widespread, it remained shrouded in secrecy, and was often represented using slang, symbolism, and wordplay. In this book, literary critic Noelle Gallagher explores the cultural significance of the "clap" (gonorrhea), the "pox" (syphilis), and the "itch" (genital scabies) for the development of eighteenth-century British literature and art. As a condition both represented through metaphors and used as a metaphor, venereal disease provided a vehicle for the discussion of cultural anxieties about gender, race, commerce, and immigration. Gallagher highlights four key concepts associated with the disease, demonstrating how the infection's symbolic potency was enhanced by its links to elite masculinity, prostitution, foreignness, and nasal deformity. Casting light where the sun rarely shines, this study will fascinate anyone interested in the history of literature, art, medicine, and sexuality |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Sexually transmitted diseases in literature -- History -- 18th century.
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Sexually transmitted diseases in literature. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
18th century |
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Sexually transmitted diseases in art -- History -- 18th century.
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Sexually transmitted diseases in art. |
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Sexually transmitted diseases -- England -- History -- 18th century.
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Sexually transmitted diseases. |
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England. |
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Medicine -- England -- History -- 18th century.
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Medicine. |
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Sexually transmitted diseases -- 18th century.
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Medicine -- History -- 18th century.
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England. |
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General. |
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MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine. |
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MEDICAL -- Diseases. |
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MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine. |
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MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine. |
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Great Britain. |
| Chronological Term |
1700-1799 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Subject |
STDs. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Gallagher, Noelle. Itch, Clap, Pox. New Haven : Yale University Press, 2019 0300217056 9780300217056 (OCoLC)1029891593 |
| ISBN |
9780300240764 (electronic book) |
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0300240767 (electronic book) |
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9780300217056 (print) |
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0300217056 (print) |
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