Pornographic Archaeology: Medicine, Medievalism, and the Invention of the French Nation

by Zrinka Stahuljak

In Pornographic Archaeology: Medicine, Medievalism, and the Invention of the French Nation, Zrinka Stahuljak explores the connections and fissures between the history of sexuality, nineteenth-century views of the Middle Ages, and the conceptualization of modern France. This cultural history uncovers the determinant role that the sexuality of the Middle Ages played in nineteenth-century French identity.

Stahuljak's provocative study...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812244478
• ISBN13: 9780812244472
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.1"