Torrid Zones: Maternity, Sexuality, and Empire in Eighteenth-Century English Narratives by Felicity Nussbaum

Torrid Zones: Maternity, Sexuality, and Empire in Eighteenth-Century English Narratives

Felicity Nussbaum

248 pages first pub 1995 (view editions)

nonfiction challenging informative medium-paced
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How did the creation of the "Other" woman in English narratives contribute to the displacement of sexuality onto the exotic or savage woman? How did this cultural invention reinforce the cult of domesticity at home? What were the social and econom...

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