Female Sexual Inversion Same-Sex Desires in Italian and British Sexology, c. 1870-1920
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.
Keywords
HistoryEuropeItalyModernPsychologyClinical PsychologyScienceSocial ScienceGender Studies
2011Book
Author(s)Chiara Beccalossi
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK
ISBN9780230234987
LanguageEnglish
