Lukol Directory: Society: History: By Topic: Social History: Eunuchs

The Eunuchs of China
About the practice of using emasculated and castrated males to serve in the emperor's harem from the 8th century B.C. to 1912.
http://www.usrf.org/news/010308-eunuchs_ch...

The Pen(is), Castration, and Identity: Abelard's Negotiations of Gender
Paper about Abelard's narratives of emasculation and remasculinization .
http://www.georgetown.edu/labyrinth/conf/c...

The Story of My Misfortunes
Full text from Peter Abelard's Historia Calamitatum, which recounts his affair with Heloise and subsequent castration.
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/abela...

Castration: An Abbreviated History of Western Manhood
Essay by Gary Taylor.
http://www.salon.com/books/review/2000/12/...

Sub Topics:
Castrati


Related Topics:
Society: Philosophy: Philosophers: A: Abelard, Peter



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