Victorian legs

Degeneracy, disability, decorum, desire

By: Clayton Tarr

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Hardcover | 2 September 2025

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350 Pages

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21.6 x 13.8 x 2.06

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Victorian legs is about the science (sometimes spurious) and sexuality (often frivolous) of legs during the Victorian period. The book argues that legs occupy a particularly vexed position in Victorian culture.

Strong legs formed the foundation (or the columns) of the civilised subject, but the politics of who could show their legs remained gendered. For the most part, men exhibited and admired, while women concealed and demurred. This book not only joins and advances the lively critical discourse on the Victorian body, but also marks new paths to pursue. While legs made us human, they could also dehumanise.

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