Editorial Bloomsbury Academic
Fecha de edición octubre 2016 · Edición nº 1
Idioma español
EAN 9781474226448
Libro
encuadernado en tapa blanda
A reader of key pieces on the history of sexuality by one of the leading historians in the field, with new material contextualising the content in line with current debates.
Encompassing the long 18th century, Amatory Pleasures examines a broad and enticing variety of topics in the history of sexuality in Georgian times. It includes discussion of sexual perversion, criminal conversation, erotic gardens, gentlemen's homosocial societies, flagellation, pornography, writings of courtesans and the world of female friendship, revealing the secret or hidden meanings circulating between mainstream and covert activities of the 18th century. Julie Peakman draws connections between these pieces and situates them within current debates and examines how Georgian sexual activity was integrated from low life and high places, from brothels to palaces.
Aimed at undergraduate and graduate students of gender, history of sexuality, sex literature and 18th-century history, Amatory Pleasures is an invaluable collection of the work of a key scholar in the field.
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