Dominic Janes d.janes@keele.ac.uk
When 'perverts' were religious: the Protestant sexualisation of asceticism in nineteenth-century Britain, India and Ireland
Janes
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Abstract
Anti-Catholic polemics from the mid-nineteenth century made frequent comparisons between religious practices in Britain, Ireland and India. The supposed atrocities taking place at locations such as Lough Dearg in County Donegal and ‘Juggernaut’ (Jagganath) at Puri were denounced in terms which hinted strongly at a striking combination of extreme asceticism and perverse sexual enjoyment. In the same period the word ‘perversion’, which had hitherto referred to apostasy, started to develop connotations of sexual deviance. Protestant sexualized readings of Catholic and Hindu asceticism appear to have been an important site for the development of conceptions of deviant sexuality in general and masochism in particular.
Citation
Janes. (2015). When 'perverts' were religious: the Protestant sexualisation of asceticism in nineteenth-century Britain, India and Ireland. Cultural and Social History, 425-439. https://doi.org/10.2752/147800414X13893661072843
Acceptance Date | Jun 1, 2014 |
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Publication Date | May 1, 2015 |
Journal | Cultural and Social History |
Print ISSN | 1478-0038 |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 425-439 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.2752/147800414X13893661072843 |
Keywords | asceticism, masochism, religion, sexuality |
Publisher URL | https://doi.org/10.2752/147800414X13893661072843 |
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