Castration An Abbreviated History of Western Manhood

Routledge, 2000. not stated. Hardcover. this is a hardcover book, almost new condition perfectly gift able for that special someone... the dust cover is intact it is have one of those glassine sheets wrapped around it the interior the book is clean the pages are marked spine-is intact the edges of the book shelve wear – page 166 two 170 the bottom right-hand corner of pages has a small fold in it. This is a unique and cutting edge book looks at the West's fascination with, and misunderstanding of, castrated males. Gary Taylor takes in the sweep of Western thought on 'the operation', focusing on three key periods: the Early Church, one of whose Fathers, Origen, supposedly castrated himself– the Early Modern, when castration was actually depicted on stage by Thomas Middleton the twenieth century, where, Taylor argues, Freud got it wrong-Taylor is a Shakespearean scholar (the editor of the Oxford Shakespeare), and in a show of scholarly breadth cites plenty of the Bard, but cites also other Elizabethan playwrights as well as Tori Amos and Christina Aguilera. Funny, provocative, scholarly, and decidedly offbeat,-Castration- is a witty tour-de-force....This will be shipped through United States Post via media mail to fulfill your order, keeping it all in the Postal Family......, it comes from the Los Angeles Area at whatever PO is closest to my errands or my life that day since I carefully pack your book then have to hop on the Vespa and visit the PO to have it placed in our mail system. ISBN 978-0415927857- 0415927854