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Gender, Sexuality, and Syphilis in Early Modern Venice

The Disease that Came to Stay

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  • © 2010

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Authors:
  1. Laura J. McGough

    1. Department of Population, Family, and Reproductive Health, School of Public Health, University of Ghana, Ghana

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Part of the book series: Early Modern History: Society and Culture (EMH)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction

    • Laura J. McGough
    Pages 1-16

  3. A Network of Lovers: Sexuality and Disease Patterns in Early Modern Venice

    • Laura J. McGough
    Pages 17-44

  4. The Suspected Culprits: Dangerously Beautiful Prostitutes and Debauched Men

    • Laura J. McGough
    Pages 45-70

  5. Stigma Reinforced: The Problem of Incurable Cases of a Curable Disease

    • Laura J. McGough
    Pages 71-101

  6. Gender and Institutions: Hospitals and Female Asylums

    • Laura J. McGough
    Pages 102-135

  7. Conclusion

    • Laura J. McGough
    Pages 136-143

  8. Afterword

    • Laura J. McGough
    Pages 144-152

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 153-202
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About this book

A unique study of how syphilis, better known as the French disease in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, became so widespread and embedded in the society, culture and institutions of early modern Venice due to the pattern of sexual relations that developed from restrictive marital customs, widespread migration and male privilege.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Population, Family, and Reproductive Health, School of Public Health, University of Ghana, Ghana

    Laura J. McGough

About the author

LAURA MCGOUGH is Lecturer in the School of Public Health, University of Ghana, Ghana. She undertook postdoctoral training in sexually transmitted diseases at Johns Hopkins University after completing her Ph.D. at Northwestern University in History, and has worked as a consultant for HIV/AIDS projects for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), WHO, and other organizations.

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