Subject |
Kissing -- History.
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Descript |
x, 208 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
Contents |
Worship and ritual. The kiss of peace in the German Reformation / C. Koslofsky -- The osculum infame : heresy, secular culture and the image of the witches' Sabbath / J. Durrant -- Ambiguity and transgression. Lawful kisses? : sexual ambiguity and platonic friendship in England c. 1660-1720 / H. Berry -- Adulterous kisses and the meanings of familiarity in early modern Britain / D. Turner -- The kiss of life in the eighteenth century : the fate of an ambiguous kiss / L. Davidson -- Power and intimacy. Kisses for votes : the kiss and corruption in eighteenth-century English elections / E. Chalus -- Illness and impact : the mistress of the house and the governess / C. Williams -- "Kiss me, Hardy" : the dying kiss in the First World War trenches / S. Das. |
Alt author |
Harvey, Karen, 1971-
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ISBN |
071906595X (pbk.) |
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9780719065958 (pbk.) |
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9780719065941 (hbk.) |
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