Gender, sexuality, and syphilis in early modern Venice :
[Book]
the disease that came to stay
Laura J. McGough.
Basingstoke [England] ; New York
Palgrave Macmillan
2011
(x, 202 p.) : ill.
Early modern history : society and culture
DOI: 10.1057/9780230298071.
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.
Sex -- Italy -- Venice -- History -- 16th century.
Syphilis -- Italy -- Venice -- History -- 16th century.
Syphilis -- Italy -- Venice -- History -- 17th century.