Imperial Bibles, domestic bodies : women, sexuality, and religion in the Victorian market / Mary Wilson Carpenter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carpenter, Mary Wilson, 1937-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible--Publication and distribution--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Bible.

Families--Religious life--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Families.

Christian women--Religious life--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Christian women.

Sex--Religious aspects--Christianity--History of doctrines--19th century.

Sex.

Christian literature--Publishing--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Christian literature.

Women and literature--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Women and literature.

English literature--Women authors--History and criticism.

English literature.

English literature--19th century--History and criticism.

Sex in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (230 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Exploring the production and consumption of British commerical family bibles, this book sheds light on the history of women's sexuality, and the English view of such taboo subjects as same-sex relations, masturbation, menstruation and circumcision.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part I: The Authorized Version in the Marketplace

1/ Consumer Christianity

2/Closeting the Family Bible and the Family

3/Family Bibles and Family Angels

Part II: Consuming the Authorized Version

4/Playing with Sacred Pages

5/"A Bit of Her Flesh"

6/Victorian Schemes of the Apocalypse

Conclusion

Appendix

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-198) and index.

ISBN:

0-8214-4179-5

OCLC:

71348512