The construction of scientific knowledge regarding female 'sexual inversion' : Italian and British sexology compared, c.1870-1920

This thesis uses medical and psychiatric records to explore how physicians analysed `female sexual inversion' in Italy and Britain, c. 1870 to 1920. It investigates why sexology emerged when it did and considers the role national, political and cultural debates played in shaping sexological res...

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Main Author: Beccalossi, Chiara
Published: Queen Mary, University of London 2008
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Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.498280