"Roman Charity" investigates the iconography of the breastfeeding
daughter from the perspective of queer sexuality and erotic
maternity. The volume explores the popularity of a topic that
appealed to early modern observers for its eroticizing shock value,
its ironic take on the concept of Catholic "charity", and its
implied critique of patriarchal power structures. It analyses why
early modern viewers found an incestuous, adult breastfeeding scene
"good to think with" and aims at expanding and queering our notions
of early modern sexuality. Jutta Gisela Sperling discusses the
different visual contexts in which "Roman Charity" flourished and
reconstructs contemporary horizons of expectation by reference to
literary sources, medical practice, and legal culture.
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