Unlocking the Museum Secretum: Challenging the Stereotyped Narrative of the Sexual and Obscene Object from Private Collector to Public Institution in the Digital Age (1737-2021)

Mellor, Rebecca J. I. ORCID: 0000-0001-9317-3506 (2021) Unlocking the Museum Secretum: Challenging the Stereotyped Narrative of the Sexual and Obscene Object from Private Collector to Public Institution in the Digital Age (1737-2021). PhD thesis, University of York.

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Supervisors: Prettejohn, Elizabeth
Keywords: Digital Humanities; Richard Payne Knight; George Witt; Classical Reception; Charles Townley; Sexual Objects; Sexology; Race; Museology; Museum Secretum; Sex; Sex Museums; Secret Museums; Collecting histories; history of collecting; Classics; Ancient; Greece; Rome; Japan; Japonisme; Medical History; Rape; Queer; Actor-Network Theory; Numerical Data; Online Collections; Art History; Collectors; The British Museum; Museum Secretum; votives; bronze; miniatures; Priapus; Victorian; Museums; Cabinet of Secrets; Censorship; Erotica; Pornography; Obscenity; Sexuality; Comparative Analysis; Digital; Virtual; material; semiotics; eighteenth century; nineteenth century; art; object biography; reception; anthropology; shunga
Awarding institution: University of York
Academic Units: The University of York > History of Art (York)
Depositing User: Rebecca J. I. Mellor
Date Deposited: 02 Nov 2021 18:26
Last Modified: 02 Nov 2021 18:26

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