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050 1 4 _aBF175.5.C37
_bT39 2000
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_a155.332 TA.C 2002
100 1 _aTaylor, Gary,
_d1953-
245 1 0 _aCastration :
_ban abbreviated history of western manhood /
_cGary Taylor.
250 _a1st pbk. ed.
260 _aNew York :
_bRoutledge,
_c2002.
300 _a307 pages ;
_c23 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index
505 0 0 _tWhat Does Manhood Mean? --
_tContest of Texts: Christianity, Freudianity, Humanism --
_tContest of Males: The Power of Eunuchs --
_tContest of Organs: Genital Plural --
_tContest of Gods: Dream Divination --
_tContest of Reproductions: The Rise of the Penis, the Fall of the Scrotum --
_tContest of Genders: Castrating Women --
_tContest of Races: Castrated White Men --
_tContest of Kinds: Confusing Categories --
_tContest of Signs: Branded and Domesticated Male Animals --
_tContest of Times: What Would Jesus Do? --
_tFuture of Man
520 _aThis work looks at the West's fascination with, and misunderstanding of, castrated males, focusing on three key periods: the Early Church, the Early Modern, and the 20th century, where, Taylor argues, Freud got it wrong
650 0 _aCastration anxiety
650 0 _aCastration
650 0 _aMasculinity
650 0 _aMasculinity
_xReligious aspects
_xChristianity
650 0 _aMen
_xPsychology
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