Cleminson, R and Artaloytia, FM (2016) ‘Simulando assim a cópula normal’. Sapphists, Tribades, Fricatrixes and Lesbians: Between biomedical taxonomical categories and identity in Portugal (1895-1930). International Journal of Iberian Studies, 29 (2). pp. 113-133. ISSN 1364-971X
Abstract
This co-authored article analyses the work of a number of sexual scientists and legal experts in Portugal at the end of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth century with respect to their attempts to classify and investigate female homosexuality in Portugal. Building on work already published by the two authors on the subject of Egas Moniz’s ideas on male homosexuality, this article considers the sexological discourse on lesbians and their presence in Portuguese society in the first half of the twentieth century through a close textual analysis of the work of Moniz and that of other authors. The differences and similarities between Portuguese specia lists’ work and their European counterparts form a key aspect of this work. In this way, a contribution is made to the history of sexuality in Portugal and the framing of Portuguese discourses on lesbianism within broader European expert fields.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2016 Intellect Ltd. This is an author produced version of a paper published in International Journal of Iberian Studies. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Portugal, lesbianism, history of sexuality, history of sexual science, biomedicine, biomedical discourses |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Languages Cultures & Societies (Leeds) > Spanish & Portuguese (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 19 May 2016 10:13 |
Last Modified: | 20 Jul 2017 02:45 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1386/ijis.29.2.113_1 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Intellect |
Identification Number: | 10.1386/ijis.29.2.113_1 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:99880 |