Description
Based on medical journals, psychiatric reports, and court records from the period, as well as testimonies from men in diaries, letters, and interviews, Sinners and Citizens reveals that bestiality was once a dreaded crime in Sweden. But in time, mention of the practice disappeared completely from legal and medical debates. This, Rydstroem contends, is because models of penetrative sodomy shifted from bestiality to homosexuality as Sweden transformed from a rural society into a more urban one. As the nation's economy and culture became less identified with the countryside, so too did its idea of deviant sexual behavior.
Book Information
ISBN 9780226732572
Author Jens Rydstrom
Format Paperback
Page Count 432
Imprint University of Chicago Press
Publisher The University of Chicago Press
Weight(grams) 709g
Dimensions(mm) 23mm * 16mm * 3mm