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Victorian legs: Science, sexuality, and the scandalous columns of society.
Victorian Legs
Degeneracy, Disability, Decorum, Desire
$249.36
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350 pages
- Release Date
30 September 2025
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Summary
Victorian Legs is about the science (sometimes spurious) and sexuality (often frivolous) of legs during the Victorian period. The book argues that legs occupy a particularly vexed position in Victorian culture.
Strong legs formed the foundation (or the columns) of the civilised subject, but the politics of who could show their legs remained gendered. For the most part, men exhibited and admired, while women concealed and demurred. This book not only joins and advances…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781526188953 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1526188953 |
| Author: | Clayton Tarr |
| Publisher: | Manchester University Press |
| Imprint: | Manchester University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 350 |
| Release Date: | 30 September 2025 |
| Weight: | 553g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 138mm |
| Series: | Interventions: Rethinking the Nineteenth Century |
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About The Author
Clayton Tarr
Clayton Carlyle Tarr is Assistant Professor of English at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
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