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The Material Culture of Sex, Procreation, and Marriage in Premodern Europe

The Material Culture of Sex, Procreation, and Marriage in Premodern Europe

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Art HistoryGeneral SociologyWomen's Studies

ISBN10: 0312240015
ISBN13: 9780312240011
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: Feb 27 2002
Pages: 285
Weight: 1.02
Height: 1.07 Width: 5.82 Depth: 8.54
Language: English
This interdisciplinary anthology takes as its starting point the belief that, as the material grounds of lived experience, material culture provides an avenue of historical access to women's lives, extending beyond the reaches of textual evidence. Studies here range from utilitarian tools used in Late Roman abortion to sacred, magical or ritual objects associated with sex, procreation, and marriage in the Renaissance. Together the essays demonstrate the complex relationship between language and object, and explore the ways in which objects become forms of communication in their own right, transmitting both rather specific messages and more generalized social and cultural values.

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