Sex, Botany, and Empire The Story of Carl Linnaeus and Joseph Banks

Name: Sex, Botany, and Empire The Story of Carl Linnaeus and Joseph Banks
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ISBN: 9780231134262

ISBN-10: 0231134266

ISBN-13: 9780231134262

Edition: 2004

Authors: Patricia Fara

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Enlightenment botany was replete with sexual symbolism -- to the extent that many botanical textbooks were widely considered pornographic. Carl Linnaeus's controversial new system for classifying plants based on their sexual characteristics, as well as his use of language resonating with erotic allusions, provoked intense public debate over the morality of botanical study. And the renowned Tahitian exploits of Joseph Banks -- whose trousers were reportedly stolen while he was inside the tent of Queen Oberea of Tahiti -- reinforced scandalous associations with the field. Yet Linnaeus and Banks became powerful political and scientific figures who were able to promote botanical exploration…

Book details

List price: $28.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 9/8/2004
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 176
Size: 0.02" wide x 0.03" long x 0.06" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English




The three Ss



The scientific Swede



The British botanist



Exploration and exploitation



Exoticism and eroticism



Imperialism and institutions



Heroes and hemispheres