2015
DOI: 10.1215/01636545-2799962
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Sex and the Sacred

Abstract: Mapping the boundaries and spaces of prostitution and tracking shifts in regulation and prosecution over the centuries allows us better to appreciate shifts in the sights, sounds, and above all the politics of sex and the sacred in the premodern city. Digital tools can provide new means for mapping these shifts while also creating a platform that invites further research collaboration and facilitates sensory analysis.

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“…It was entertainment that needed no light or literacy, or even a singing voice. Florence's Office of Decency put a priority on controlling the singing and shouting around brothels and, apart from assault, carousing (baccano) was the biggest cause of the fines it levied on men (Terpstra 2015c). Boston officials in 1664 came down heavily on groups of young men singing rude songs (Hoover 1985, 766).…”
Section: Sonic Governancementioning
confidence: 99%
“…It was entertainment that needed no light or literacy, or even a singing voice. Florence's Office of Decency put a priority on controlling the singing and shouting around brothels and, apart from assault, carousing (baccano) was the biggest cause of the fines it levied on men (Terpstra 2015c). Boston officials in 1664 came down heavily on groups of young men singing rude songs (Hoover 1985, 766).…”
Section: Sonic Governancementioning
confidence: 99%
“… 73 On the classical foundations of this distinction and the way medieval and Renaissance writers “collapsed” them, see Atkinson, 2013, 59–61, esp. n5; also the comments in Terpstra, 83. …”
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