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PMID: 20069498 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Although the sodomitical discourse of the early-eighteenth century was fraught with competing ideologies and significations, this did not preclude the formation and expression of a sodomitical identity founded upon male same-sex desire. Orvis takes the case of Coupler, the sodomite staged in Sir John Vanbrugh's play The Relapse; or, Virtue in Danger (perf. 1696; pub. 1697). Vanbrugh's portrayal of this unabashed, unapologetic sodomite-a sodomite, moreover, who is accepted by the dramatis personae of the play he inhabits-suggests not only that the possibility of a sodomitical desiring subject was widely acknowledged by the theatergoing public of early-eighteenth-century England, but also, and perhaps more importantly, that sodomites were not always understood as monstrous Others against which normative identities were constructed. |
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Authors:
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David L Orvis |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Historical Article; Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Journal of homosexuality Volume: 57 ISSN: 1540-3602 ISO Abbreviation: J Homosex Publication Date: 2010 |
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Created Date: 2010-01-13 Completed Date: 2010-08-13 Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 7502386 Medline TA: J Homosex Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 140-62 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of English, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina 28608, USA. orvisdl@appstate.edu |
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Drama*
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history History, 17th Century Homosexuality, Male / history* Humans Male |
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