The Kiss in history

Herausgeber: Harvey, Karen

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

With an afterword by Sir Keith Thomas, this book will be fascinating reading for cultural historians working on a wide range of different societies and periods.

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In this collection, an eminent group of cultural historians have explored 'the kiss' using a wide range of evidence. By analyzing 'the kiss' and its position - embedded as it is as part of our culture - it shows how history can use small gestures to take us to big issues concerning ourselves and others, the past and the present

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 222
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. April 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 386g
• ISBN-13: 9780719065958
• ISBN-10: 071906595X
• Artikelnr.: 22428099

Autorenporträt

Karen Harvey is Lecturer in History at The University of Sheffield

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Karen Harvey Part I
Worship and ritual 1. The kiss of peace in the German Reformation
Craig Koslofsky 2. The osculum infame: heresy, secular culture and the image of the witches' Sabbath
Jonathan Durrant Part II
Ambiguity and transgression 3. Lawful kisses? Sexual ambiguity and platonic friendship in England c. 1660
1720
Helen Berry 4. Adulterous kisses and the meanings of familiarity in early modern Britain
David M. Turner 5. The kiss of life in the eighteenth century: the fate of an ambiguous kiss
Luke Davidson Part III
Power and Intimacy 6. Kisses for votes: the kiss and corruption in eighteenth
century English elections
Elaine Chalus 7. Illness and impact: the mistress of the house and the governess
Carole Williams 8. 'Kiss me, Hardy': The dying kiss in the First World War trenches
Santanu Das Afterword
Keith Thomas