Victorian Legs : Degeneracy, Disability, Decorum, Desire

by Clayton Tarr

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Format Hardback or Cased Book

Book Series Interventions: Rethinking the Nineteenth Century

ISBN-10 1526188953

ISBN-13 9781526188953

Publisher Manchester University Press

Imprint Manchester University Press

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Sep 2nd, 2025

Print length 350 Pages

Product Classification: Literature: history & criticism Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers

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This book studies the science and sexuality of legs during the Victorian period. -- .

Victorian legs is about the science (sometimes spurious) and sexuality (often frivolous) of legs during the Victorian period. The book argues that legs occupy a particularly vexed position in Victorian culture. Strong legs formed the foundation (or the columns) of the civilized subject, but the politics of who could show their legs remained gendered. For the most part, men exhibited and admired, while women concealed and demurred. This book not only joins and advances the lively critical discourse on the Victorian body, but also marks new paths to pursue. While legs made us human, they could also dehumanize.

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