Looking at occupational patterns and cultures contributes to understanding working-class sexuality.
Tag: nineteenth century
“A Poison More Deadly”: Defining Obscenity in the West
Under the scrutiny of the British legal system, no work was safe from being deemed obscene.
Histories of Sexuality and the Carceral State–Part 1
Moderated by Regina Kunzel Edited by Devin McGeehan Muchmore What can histories of sexuality and gender tell us about the carceral state? The United States’ incarceration rate has quadrupled since the 1970s, giving the U.S. the largest prison population in the world. According to Bureau of Justice Statistics, over 2.2 […]
“The Unreasonable Indulgence of That Appetite”: Cancer as a Venereal Disease in the Nineteenth Century
Agnes Arnold-Forster In 1904 a rank and file clinician, A. T. Brand, narrated an incident in which, “a man presented himself…suffering from cancer of the…penis.” On further analysis, the tumour was “found to consist, not of penile tissue, but of uterine cervical elements.” It was then discovered, “the the man’s […]
Rape and Manhood in Nineteenth-Century Caucasus
An 1852 rape case reveals that colonization was an uneven process.
“Arresting Dress”: A Student Interview with Clare Sears
Interview by Kalin Bullin, M. Blake Butler, Deborah Deacon, Christina Fabiani, Elise Forest-Hammond, Adam Kostrich, Jake Sherman, and Lee Thiessen Edited by Rachel Hope Cleves This post launches a new series for NOTCHES, which will feature students interviewing authors of recent works in the history of sexuality. The goal of […]
Truly Ugandan: Martyrs, Pope Francis, and the Question of Sexuality
Francis obscured both the colonial Christian and queer sexual contexts of the executions.
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