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    Roman Charity

    Queer Lactations in Early Modern Visual Culture

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    Author(s)
    Gisela Sperling, Jutta
    Collection
    Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF)
    Language
    English
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    Abstract
    »Roman Charity« investigates the iconography of the breastfeeding daughter from the perspective of queer sexuality and erotic maternity. The volume explores the popularity of a topic that appealed to early modern observers for its eroticizing shock value, its ironic take on the concept of Catholic »charity«, and its implied critique of patriarchal power structures. It analyses why early modern viewers found an incestuous, adult breastfeeding scene »good to think with« and aims at expanding and queering our notions of early modern sexuality. Jutta Gisela Sperling discusses the different visual contexts in which »Roman Charity« flourished and reconstructs contemporary horizons of expectation by reference to literary sources, medical practice, and legal culture.
    URI
    http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/31838
    Keywords
    early modern history; patriarchy; visual culture; fine arts; cultural history; queer studies; queer theory; visual studies; gender; art; art history; image; Caravaggio; Cimon; Roman Charity
    DOI
    10.14361/9783839432846
    ISBN
    9783837632842
    OCN
    1013957865
    Publisher
    transcript Verlag
    Publisher website
    https://www.transcript-verlag.de/
    Publication date and place
    Bielefeld, 2016
    Grantor
    • Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung
    Series
    Image, 87
    Classification
    Theory of art
    Pages
    430
    Public remark
    Relevant Wikipedia pages: Caravaggio - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caravaggio; Cimon - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cimon; Roman Charity - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Charity
    Rights
    https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/
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    • This project received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 683680, 810640, 871069 and 964352.

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