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Gender, sexuality, and syphilis in early modern Venice : the disease that clme to stay

Record Type:	Electronic resources : monographic
Title Information:	the disease that clme to stay
Author:	McGoughLaura J., 1964-
Place of Publication:	Basingstoke [England] New York, NY
Published:	Palgrave Macmillan;
Year of Publication:	2010
Description:	1 online resource (x, 202 p.)ill. :
Series:	Early modern history : society and culture
Subject:	Sex - History - Italy - 16th century. -
Subject:	Sex - History - Italy - 17th century. -
Subject:	Sex role - History - Italy - 16th century. -
Subject:	Sex role - History - Italy - 17th century. -
Subject:	Syphilis - history - France. -
Subject:	Syphilis - history - Italy. -
Subject:	History, Early Modern 1451-1600 - France. -
Subject:	History, Early Modern 1451-1600 - Italy. -
Subject:	History, Modern 1601- - France. -
Subject:	History, Modern 1601- - Italy. -
Subject:	Sexual Behavior - history - France. -
Subject:	Sexual Behavior - history - Italy. -
Subject:	Syphilis - epidemiology - France. -
Subject:	Syphilis - epidemiology - Italy. -
Subject:	Sex - Italy -
Subject:	Sex - Italy -
Subject:	Sex role - Italy -
Subject:	Sex role - Italy -
Subject:	Syphilis - Italy -
Subject:	Syphilis - Italy -
Subject:	Syphilis - History - Italy - 16th century. -
Subject:	Syphilis - History - Italy - 17th century. -
Online resource:	http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230298071An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click for information
Notes:	Description based on print version record.
Summary:	This provocative book questions the assumption that syphilis (the 'French disease') beclme widespread in Venice because of its legendary courtesans. Using new evidence, Laura McGough reconstructs the city's sexual networks, revealing a society where sexual relations linked people of different classes, neighbourhoods and occupations. Venice's restrictive marriage customs, its role as a centre of migration, and fears of male sexual impotence brought about a sexual culture that fostered the spread of disease. To prevent the spread of disease, Venetian authorities focused on a single target: beautiful young women and girls, who were encouraged to enter walled asylums to protect their chastity. Both medical authorities and the public believed this 'routine disease' could be treated and cured: only cases that did not respond to treatment aroused suspicions that the illness was caused by witchcraft. Gender, Sexuality and Syphilis in Early Modern Venice thereby explores the medical, social, and cultural transitions that occur as a disease comes to be regarded as routine and widespread.
ISBN:	9780230298071electronic bk.
ISBN:	0230298079electronic bk.
ISBN:	hardback
ISBN:	hardback
Content Note:	A network of lovers : sexuality and disease patterns in early modern Venice The suspected culprits : dangerously beautiful prostitutes and debauched men Stigma reinforced : the problem of incurable cases of a curable disease Gender and institutions : hospitals and female asylums.

Gender, sexuality, and syphilis in early modern Venice : the disease that clme to stay
McGough, Laura J.

Gender, sexuality, and syphilis in early modern Venice : the disease that clme to stay / Laura J. McGough. - Basingstoke [England] New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010. - 1 online resource (x, 202 p.) ; ill.. - (Early modern history : society and culture).
A network of lovers : sexuality and disease patterns in early modern Venice.
Description based on print version record..
Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-198) and index..
ISBN 9780230298071ISBN 0230298079
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Gender, sexuality, and syphilis in early modern Venice : the disease that clme to stay
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