Female sexual inversion
Subtitle: same-sex desires in Italian and British sexology, c. 1870-1920
By: Chiara Beccalossi
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780230234987
Subjects: HISTORY / Social History; HISTORY / Modern / 19th Century; Lesbianism; HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century; HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain; HISTORY / Europe / Italy; History
Description: An examination of how female same-sex desires were represented in a wide range of Italian and British medical writings, 1870-1920. It shows how the psychiatric category of sexual inversion was positioned alongside other medical ideas of same-sex desires, such as the virago, tribade-prostitute, fiamma and gynaecological explanations.
Notes: Includes index.