Education of the Senses

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Education of the Senses is a historical study by Peter Gay that explores the evolution of bourgeois attitudes toward sexuality and intimacy in 19th-century Europe.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf book
historical study
author Peter Gay
authorNationality German-American
authorOccupation historian
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
examines erotic practices and norms
gender roles in bourgeois society
marriage and family relations
private life of the bourgeoisie
focusesOn bourgeois attitudes toward intimacy
bourgeois attitudes toward sexuality
genre cultural history
history
social history
hasPerspective psychohistorical approach
influencedBy Sigmund Freud
psychoanalysis
language English
literaryPeriod 20th-century non-fiction
mainSubject 19th-century Europe
bourgeois culture
intimacy
sexuality
notableFor analysis of Victorian sexuality
reinterpretation of bourgeois respectability
partOf The Bourgeois Experience: Victoria to Freud
positionInSeries Volume 1
publisher Oxford University Press
relatedWork Pleasure Wars
The Cultivation of Hatred
The Naked Heart
The Tender Passion
spatialCoverage Europe
targetAudience general educated readers
scholars of history
students of cultural studies
timePeriodDescribed 19th century
usesMethod psychoanalytic interpretation

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Peter Gay notableWork Education of the Senses
Pleasure Wars relatedWork Education of the Senses