| La Cazzaria: The Book of the Prick Contributor(s): Vignali, Antonio (Author), Moulton, Ian Frederick (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415940672 ISBN-13: 9780415940672 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $56.04 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2003 Annotation: "La Cazzaria" is the most outspoken erotic text of the Italian Renaissance-a ribald dialogue about politics, sex, and desire written in 1525 by Antonio Vignali, a young Italian nobleman from Siena. Here, in the Rabelaisian depictions of personified genitalia and other bodily organs, a page of our sexual past is restored. "La Cazzaria" is at once a comic fable about bodies and desire, and an outrageous political allegory. Composed as a dialogue between two actual members of one of the most prestigious literary societies of 16th-century Italy, it is organized as a series of fifty-two questions on subjects ranging from anatomy, to psychology, linguistics, and psychology. The text is remarkable for its frank discussions of sexuality and explicit homoeroticism-especially when compared to other texts of the period-and for its sophisticated treatment of sexual and political power. Written for circulation among a group of educated young men, the dialogue's elitism and misogyny also offers a powerful and often disturbing picture of early modern gender relations. Outrageous and iconoclastic, La Cazzaria was a risque and provocative text in its day, and remains so today. This first English translation is extensively annotated, and the volume includes a detailed and accessible introduction by Ian Frederick Moulton, author of Before Pornography, which provides a historical and intellectual context for this unfamiliar by fascinating text. La Cazzaria is at once a stunning literary achievement, and essential reading for anyone interested in the history of sexuality. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Renaissance - Psychology | Human Sexuality (see Also Social Science - Human Sexuality) |
| Dewey: 853.3 |
| LCCN: 2002031943 |
| Physical Information: 0.48" H x 5.56" W x 8.4" (0.51 lbs) 192 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 16th Century |
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| Publisher Description: La Cazzaria is the most outspoken erotic text of the Italian Renaissance-a ribald dialogue about politics, sex, and desire. The book is remarkable for its frank discussions of sexuality and explicit homoeroticism-especially when compared to other writings of the period-and for its sophisticated treatment of sexual and political power. |
