In a sense, one could say that the greatest discontinuity with the medieval past came in the late... more In a sense, one could say that the greatest discontinuity with the medieval past came in the late seventeenth century when the “advocates of further reformation rejected [the] link between religious fellowship and territorial conceptions of space” (p. 324)—a disjunction which fatally undermined the parochial religious system in England. “Belonging” was now about likemindedness and agency—not the accident (or rather the “providence”) of birth and place. Professor Beaver’s fine study provides much insight into this transition.
Casual sex has become a cultural commonplace since it was named in the 1960s and later became ass... more Casual sex has become a cultural commonplace since it was named in the 1960s and later became associated with the US college sex phenomenon of “hooking up”. However, contemporary accounts of this sexual practice are curiously lacking in historical perspective. This article explores this modern history, both before and after uncommitted, non-romantic, sexual encounters – sex for sex's sake – were named as casual sex. It agues that studies that contrast the increased “sexual possibilities” of hookup sex to the assumed restrictive practices of an earlier era distort both the restrictions of the earlier period and the freedoms of the latter.
In New York in the late 1930s and 1940s, and in Paris in the 1950s and early 1960s, young, impecu... more In New York in the late 1930s and 1940s, and in Paris in the 1950s and early 1960s, young, impecunious writers, poets, and some artists wrote English-language pornography to order, mostly anonymous...
In a sense, one could say that the greatest discontinuity with the medieval past came in the late... more In a sense, one could say that the greatest discontinuity with the medieval past came in the late seventeenth century when the “advocates of further reformation rejected [the] link between religious fellowship and territorial conceptions of space” (p. 324)—a disjunction which fatally undermined the parochial religious system in England. “Belonging” was now about likemindedness and agency—not the accident (or rather the “providence”) of birth and place. Professor Beaver’s fine study provides much insight into this transition.
Casual sex has become a cultural commonplace since it was named in the 1960s and later became ass... more Casual sex has become a cultural commonplace since it was named in the 1960s and later became associated with the US college sex phenomenon of “hooking up”. However, contemporary accounts of this sexual practice are curiously lacking in historical perspective. This article explores this modern history, both before and after uncommitted, non-romantic, sexual encounters – sex for sex's sake – were named as casual sex. It agues that studies that contrast the increased “sexual possibilities” of hookup sex to the assumed restrictive practices of an earlier era distort both the restrictions of the earlier period and the freedoms of the latter.
In New York in the late 1930s and 1940s, and in Paris in the 1950s and early 1960s, young, impecu... more In New York in the late 1930s and 1940s, and in Paris in the 1950s and early 1960s, young, impecunious writers, poets, and some artists wrote English-language pornography to order, mostly anonymous...
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