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

Author
Carpenter, Mary Wilson, 1937- [Browse]
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Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, ©2003.
Description
xxii, 206 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

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    "In this history of the production and consumption of British Family Bibles, Mary Wilson Carpenter brings to light a wealth of detail about the English commonsense view of such taboo subjects as same-sex relations, masturbation, menstruation, and circumcision. Her reading of literary texts by Charlotte Bronte, George Eliot, and Elizabeth Barrett Browning in the context of these commercial representations of the "Authorized" or King James translation of the bible indicates that when the Victorians spoke about religion, they were also frequently speaking about sex." "Imperial Bibles, Domestic Bodies explores the history of Victorian women's sexuality through its intersection with religious literature published for profit and challenges both standard histories of the English Bible and the family values that were supposed to be based upon it."--Jacket.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-198) and index.
    Contents
    • Introduction: Authorized Versions, Unauthorized Sexualities: The Victorian Woman Writer as Religious Consumer
    • The Authorized Version in the Marketplace
    • Consumer Christianity: Family Bibles and Family Values on the Installment Plan
    • Closeting the Family Bible and the Family
    • Family Bibles and Family Angels
    • Consuming the Authorized Version
    • Playing with Sacred Pages: Menstrual Superabundance in Villette and Dissenting Bible Commentary
    • "A Bit of Her Flesh" Circumcision and "The Signification of the Phallus" in Daniel Deronda
    • Victorian Schemes of the Apocalypse: Profits and Prophecy
    • Conclusion: Philosophy and Philanthropy versus Buying and Selling
    • British Family Bibles.
    ISBN
    • 0821415158 ((hard ; : alk. paper))
    • 9780821415153 ((hard ; : alk. paper))
    LCCN
    2003056310
    OCLC
    52494907
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