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The Kiss in History (Paperback)
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The Kiss in History (Paperback)
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Loot Price R595
Discovery Miles 5 950
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Writers have previously placed the action of kissing into
categories: kisses of love, affection, peace, respect and
friendship. Each of the essays in this fascinating book take a
single kind of kiss and uses it as an index to the past. For rather
than offering a simple history of the kiss, this book is about the
kiss in history. In this collection, an eminent group of cultural
historians have explored this subject using an exceptionally wide
range of evidence. They explore the kiss through sources as diverse
as canonical religious texts, popular prints, court depositions,
periodicals, diaries and poetry. In casting the net so wide, these
authors demonstrate how cultural history has been shaped by a broad
concept of culture, encompassing more than simply the canons of art
and literature, and integrating apparently 'historical' and
'non-historical' sources. Furthermore, this collections shows that
by analyzing the kiss and its position - embedded as it is as part
of our culture - history can use small gestures to take us to big
issues concerning ourselves and others, the past and the present.
With an afterword by Sir Keith Thomas, this book will be
fascinating reading for cultural historians working on a wide range
of different societies and periods. -- .
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