Violent sensations : sex, crime, and utopia in Vienna and Berlin, 1860-1914 / Scott Spector.
- Spector, Scott, 1959-
- Date:
- [2016]
- Books
About this work
Publication/Creation
Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, [2016]
Physical description
285 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contributors
Contents
Introduction: On the border -- Dark city, bright future: utopian and dystopian urban genres around 1900 -- Identical origins: (homo)sexual subjects and violent fantasy in the 1860s -- Sensation and sensibility: experts, scandals, subjects -- Utopian bodies: the sensual woman and the lust murderer -- Blood lies: the truth about modern ritual murder accusations and defenses -- Conclusion: Utopia.
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-273) and index.
Languages
Subjects
- Sex crimesEurope, CentralHistory19th century
- Sex crimesPress coverageEurope, CentralHistory19th century
- Sex crimesAustriaViennaHistory19th century
- Sex crimesGermanyBerlinHistory19th century
- Sex crimes in literature
- HomosexualityEurope, CentralHistory19th century
- Lust murderEurope, Central19th century
- Blood accusationEurope, CentralHistory19th century
- Marginality, SocialEurope, CentralHistory19th century
- Civilization, Modern19th century
- 19th Century
Where to find it
Location Status History of MedicineKM.3.AA8Open shelves
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ISBN
- 9780226196640
- 022619664X
- 9780226196787
- 022619678X