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GendersandSexualitiesinHistorySeries SeriesEditors:JohnH.Arnold,JoannaBourkeandSeanBrady Palgrave Macmillan’s series, Genders and Sexualities in History, aims to accommodate and foster new approachestohistoricalresearchinthefieldsofgendersandsexualities.Theseriespromotesworld-class scholarshipthatconcentratesupontheinterconnectedthemesofgenders,sexualities,religions/religiosity, civilsociety,classformations,politicsandwar. Historicalstudiesofgenderandsexualityhaveoftenbeentreatedasdisconnectedfields,whileinrecent yearshistoricalanalysesinthesetwoareashavesynthesised,creatingnewdeparturesinhistoriography. Bylinkinggendersandsexualitieswithquestionsofreligion,civilsociety,politicsandthecontextsofwar andconflict,thisserieswillreflectrecentdevelopmentsinscholarship,movingawayfromthepreviously dominantandnarrowhistoriesofscience,scientificthoughtandlegalprocesses.Theresultbringstogether scholarshipfromcontemporary,modern,earlymodern,medieval,classicalandnon-Westernhistorytopro- videadiachronicforumforscholarshipthatincorporatesnewapproachestogendersandsexualitiesin history. ItalianSexualitiesUncovered,1789–1914isthefirstcomprehensivescholarlycollectioninthehistoryof sexualitiesinItaly,betweentheFrenchRevolutionandtheeveoftheFirstWorldWar.Inthisgenuinely groundbreakingandexcitingcollection,theauthorsprovideincisive,internationalandinterdisciplinary newscholarshipthatquestionssexualitiesintheItalianpeninsulathroughtherelationshipbetweenthe ‘public’andthe‘private’spheres;thepersonalandthepolitical;femaleandsame-sexdesires;genderand masculinities;transnationalencounters;andclasssubcultures.Thisprovidesasubtleandcomplexpicture ofItaliansocietyinaneraofenormouspolitical,socialandculturalchange.Thecollectionprovidesnew perspectivesandapproachesthatenrichthehistoriographyofmodernItaly,andourunderstandingofthe historyofsexualityinEurope.Incommonwithallvolumesinthe‘GendersandSexualitiesinHistory’ series,ItalianSexualitiesUncovered,1789–1914presentsamultifacetedandmeticulouslyresearchedscholarly collection,andisasophisticatedcontributiontoourunderstandingofthepast. Titlesinclude: JohnH.ArnoldandSeanBrady(editors) WHATISMASCULINITY? HistoricalDynamicsfromAntiquitytotheContemporaryWorld HeikeBauerandMatthewCook(editors) QUEER1950s CordeliaBeattieandKirstenAFenton(editors) INTERSECTIONSOFGENDER,RELIGIONANDETHNICITYINTHEMIDDLEAGES ValeriaP.Babini,ChiaraBeccalossiandLucyRiall(editors) ITALIANSEXUALITIESUNCOVERED,1789–1914 ChiaraBeccalossi FEMALESEXUALINVERSION Same-SexDesiresinItalianandBritishSexology,c.1870–1920 RobertoBizzocchi ALADY’SMAN TheCicisbei,PrivateMoralsandNationalIdentityinItaly RaphaëlleBrancheandFabriceVirgili(editors) RAPEINWARTIME MattCook QUEERDOMESTICITIES HomosexualityandHomeLifeinTwentieth-CenturyLondon PeterCryleandAlisonMoore FRIGIDITY AnIntellectualHistory LucyDelap,SueMorgan MEN,MASCULINITIESANDRELIGIOUSCHANGEINTWENTIETHCENTURYBRITAIN JenniferV.Evans LIFEAMONGTHERUINS CityscapeandSexualityinColdWarBerlin KateFisherandSarahToulalan(editors) BODIES,SEXANDDESIREFROMTHERENAISSANCETOTHEPRESENT ChristopherE.ForthandElinorAccampo(editors) CONFRONTINGMODERNITYINFIN-DE-SIÈCLEFRANCE Bodies,MindsandGender RebeccaFraser GENDER,RACEANDFAMILYINNINETEENTHCENTURYAMERICA FromNorthernWomantoPlantationMistress AlanaHarrisandTimothyJones(editors) LOVEANDROMANCEINBRITAIN,1918–1970 DagmarHerzog(editor) BRUTALITYANDDESIRE WarandSexualityinEurope’sTwentiethCentury JosephineHoegaerts MASCULINITYANDNATIONHOOD,1830–1910 ConstructionsofIdentityandCitizenshipinBelgium RobertHogg MENANDMANLINESSONTHEFRONTIER: QUEENSLANDANDBRITISHCOLUMBIAINTHEMID-NINETEENTHCENTURY JuliaLaite COMMONPROSTITUTESANDORDINARYCITIZENS CommercialSexinLondon,1885–1960 MarjorieLevine-Clark UNEMPLOYMENT,WELFARE,ANDMASCULINECITIZENSHIP “SoMuchHonestPoverty”inBritain,1870–1930 AndreaMansker SEX,HONORANDCITIZENSHIPINEARLYTHIRDREPUBLICFRANCE JessicaMeyer MENOFWAR MasculinityandtheFirstWorldWarinBritain MeredithNash MAKING‘POSTMODERN’MOTHERS PregnantEmbodiment,BabyBumpsandBodyImage JenniferD.Thibodeaux(editor) NEGOTIATINGCLERICALIDENTITIES Priests,MonksandMasculinityintheMiddleAges KristinFjeldeTjelle MISSIONARYMASCULINITY,1870–1930 TheNorwegianMissionariesinSouth-EastAfrica HesterVaizey SURVIVINGHITLER’SWAR FamilyLifeinGermany,1939–48 ClaytonJ.Whisnant MALEHOMOSEXUALITYINWESTGERMANY BetweenPersecutionandFreedom,1945–69 TimReinke-Williams WOMEN,WORKANDSOCIABILITYINEARLYMODERNLONDON MidoriYamaguchi DAUGHTERSOFTHEANGLICANCLERGY Religion,GenderandIdentityinVictorianEngland Forthcomingtitles MelissaHollander SEXINTWOCITIES TheNegotiationofSexualRelationshipsinEarlyModernEnglandandScotland GendersandSexualitiesinHistorySeries SeriesStandingOrder978–0–230–55185–5Hardback978–0–230–55186–2Paperback (outsideNorthAmericaonly) Youcanreceivefuturetitlesinthisseriesastheyarepublishedbyplacingastandingorder.Pleasecontact yourbookselleror,incaseofdifficulty,writetousattheaddressbelowwithyournameandaddress,the titleoftheseriesandtheISBNquotedabove. CustomerServicesDepartment,MacmillanDistributionLtd,Houndmills,Basingstoke,HampshireRG21 6XS,England This page intentionally left blank Italian Sexualities Uncovered, 1789–1914 Valeria P. Babini UniversityofBologna,Italy Chiara Beccalossi OxfordBrookesUniversity,UK Lucy Riall Birkbeck,UniversityofLondon,UKandEuropeanUniversityInstitute,Italy Editorialmatter,introductionandselection©ValeriaP.Babini,Chiara BeccalossiandLucyRiall2015 Individualchapters©Respectiveauthors2015 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2015 978-1-137-39697-6 Allrightsreserved.Noreproduction,copyortransmissionofthis publicationmaybemadewithoutwrittenpermission. Noportionofthispublicationmaybereproduced,copiedortransmitted savewithwrittenpermissionorinaccordancewiththeprovisionsofthe Copyright,DesignsandPatentsAct1988,orunderthetermsofanylicence permittinglimitedcopyingissuedbytheCopyrightLicensingAgency, SaffronHouse,6–10KirbyStreet,LondonEC1N8TS. 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Contents ListofFigures ix Acknowledgements x NotesonContributors xi ListofAbbreviations xv 1 Introduction 1 ValeriaP.Babini,ChiaraBeccalossiandLucyRiall Part I Sexuality,PoliticsandFamily 2 SexualityandPolitics:LadyMorganandtheMoralityof theItalians 15 RobertoBizzocchi 3 TheSexLivesofItalianPatriots 37 LucyRiall Part II Sexuality,ClassesandSocialGroups 4 SexinBelli’sRome:Eros,SocialGroupsandReligion 59 PietroGibelliniandEdoardoRipari 5 AfterRespectability:Women,SexualityandtheCircusin Pre-SexologyItaly 80 MarkSeymour 6 SidneySonninoandNataliaMorozzodellaRocca: AdulterousLove,AristocracyandPoliticsbetweenTwo Centuries 101 PaolaCarlucci Part III WomenbetweenthePublicandthePrivate 7 LiteraryandEpistolaryFigurationsofFemaleDesirein EarlyPost-unificationItaly,1861–1914 125 KatharineMitchell vii viii Contents 8 InfanticideandtheProstitute:Honour,Sentimentand DeviancybetweenHumanSciencesandtheLaw 143 SilviaChiletti 9 BetweenPublicandPrivate.SexualityandMaternityin Three‘NewWomen’:SibillaAleramo,MariaMontessori andLindaMurri 162 ValeriaP.Babini Part IV Same-SexDesires 10 The‘ItalianVice’:MaleHomosexualityandBritish TourisminSouthernItaly 185 ChiaraBeccalossi 11 JohnAddingtonSymonds,HoratioBrownandVenice: Friendship,GondoliersandHomosexuality 207 SeanBrady 12 ItalianMedicalandLiteraryDiscoursesaroundFemale Same-SexDesire,1877–1906 228 CharlotteRoss Part V MarriagesandSexuality 13 BritishWomenTravellersandItalianMarriages, c.1789–1844 251 RossBalzaretti 14 TheMakingoftheItalianHusbandin Nineteenth-CenturyItaly 272 LindaReeder Bibliography 291 Index 312 Figures 5.1 IllustrationofPietroCardinali 91 5.2 IllustrationofAntoniettaCarrozza 92 7.1 AnnaFougez 136 10.1 WilhelmvonGloeden,Terradelfuoco 196 13.1 JohnLewisMarks,‘BeforeMarriage!AfterMarriage!!’ 252 ix
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