How is modern microhistory useful for understanding early twentieth-century sexual modernism in Britain?
Tag: religion
Queer Nuns: Religion, Activism, and Serious Parody
A study of the history and current ministries of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, a religiously-unaffiliated, noncelibate order of queer, activist nuns.
Of Gods & Emperors: Trans Experiences in Ancient Rome
Ancient Romans’ transgressive gender performances were reserved only for fiction and fantasy, spirituality and the state.
The Church of England, Sexual Morality & Institutional Decision-making
Homosexual law reform was supported by influential sections of the Church of England.
“She was both Poxt and Clapt together”: Confessions of Sexual Secrets in Eighteenth-Century Venereal Cases
Olivia Weisser Furtive trysts. Regretful dalliances. Fleeting affairs. Sexual secrets were nothing new in the 1700s, but confessing them to a doctor became surprisingly common in published medical cases of venereal disease. In one instance, a woman consulted a surgeon for a common reproductive ailment known as “the whites.” She […]
The Cologne Sexual Assaults in Historical Perspective
The language of xenophobia and nationalism has long been staged on women’s bodies.
CFP: Histories of Sexuality and Religion
How have religious practices, identities, beliefs, institutions and politics shaped the history of sexuality?
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