Erotic Citizens: Sex And The Embodied Subject In The Antebellum Novel

Uncovering the more prurient aspects of nation-building, Erotic Citizens establishes the narrative of sexual ruin as a genre whose sustained rejection of marriage acted as a critique of that which traditionally defines a democracy: the social contract and the sovereign individual.

• | By (Author): Elizabeth Dill
• | Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• | Publication Date: Nov 28, 2019
• | Country of Publication: United States
• | Number of Pages: 296 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0813943396
• | ISBN-13: 9780813943398