Sex, Sects and Society - 'Pain and Pleasure': A Social History of Wales and the Welsh, 1870-1945 — ‘Pain and Pleasure': A Social History of Wales and the Welsh, 1870-1945

Disgrifiad Cymraeg / Welsh Description

Astudiaeth arloesol sy'n archwilio profiadau ysbrydol a rhywiol cenedl y Cymry yn y cyfnod 1870-1945.

Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description

This innovative study examines the spiritual and sexual experiences of the Welsh in the period 1870–1945.

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Cynnwys / Table of Contents

‘To begin at the beginning’: an introduction 1: ‘Dygŵyl y Meirwon’ (Festival of the Dead): death, transcendence and transience 2: The Citadel: pain, anxiety and wellbeing 3: Going Gently into that Good Night: desolation, dispiritedness and melancholy 4: Where, When, What Was Wales and who were the Welsh? contentment, disappointment and embarrassment 5: ‘The Way of all Flesh’: prudery, passion and perversion 6: Love in a Cold Climate: fidelity, friendship and fellowship 7: Religion and superstition: fear, foreboding and faith 8: The pursuit of pleasure: enthrallment, happiness and imagination Conclusion: A few selected exits.

Bywgraffiad yr Awdur / Author Biography

Russell Davies is a broadcaster and writer; he is the author of Secret Sins: Sex, Violence and Society in Carmarthenshire 1870–1920; Hope and Heartbreak: a Social History of Wales and the Welsh, 1776–1870, and People, Places and Passions: Pain and Pleasure, a Social History of Wales and the Welsh, 1870–1945.

Adolygiad y Cyhoeddwr / Publisher Review

Key selling points • This book will provide an educational and entertaining read. • It will explain the contradictions and complexities of the Welsh national identity. • This book will reveal the hardships and horrors of some people's lives. • It will reveal how religion and superstition ebbed and flowed together.