Gender, sexuality, and syphilis in early modern Venice :
General Material Designation
[Book]
Other Title Information
the disease that came to stay
First Statement of Responsibility
Laura J. McGough.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Basingstoke [England] ; New York
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Palgrave Macmillan
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2011
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
(x, 202 p.) : ill.
SERIES
Series Title
Early modern history : society and culture
GENERAL NOTES
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230298071.
CONTENTS NOTE
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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.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Sex -- Italy -- Venice -- History -- 16th century.
Syphilis -- Italy -- Venice -- History -- 16th century.
Syphilis -- Italy -- Venice -- History -- 17th century.