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A Cultural History of Sexuality in the Enlightenment
Julie (Ed) Peakman
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Description for A Cultural History of Sexuality in the Enlightenment
Hardback. A thematic overview of how sexuality was perceived in the period from 1650 to 1820, covering homosexuality, heterosexuality, sexual variations, prostitution, medicine, religion, erotica and popular belief. Editor(s): Peakman, Julie. Series: The Cultural Histories. Num Pages: 310 pages, 76 bw illus. BIC Classification: 3JF; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 252 x 174 x 20. Weight in Grams: 794.
In the period between 1650 and 1820 new worlds of sex opened up. This was a pivotal time when old religious beliefs and medical theories about sexuality and the body clashed with innovatory ideas emerging from natural science and philosophy. In addition, a burgeoning print industry fed a rapidly expanding reading public with erotica. With the breakdown of old community networks and increased urbanization, authorities reacted to increased sexual license with a raft of new regulations designed to curtail variations in sexual behaviour. A Cultural History of Sexuality in the Enlightenment ... Read more
In the period between 1650 and 1820 new worlds of sex opened up. This was a pivotal time when old religious beliefs and medical theories about sexuality and the body clashed with innovatory ideas emerging from natural science and philosophy. In addition, a burgeoning print industry fed a rapidly expanding reading public with erotica. With the breakdown of old community networks and increased urbanization, authorities reacted to increased sexual license with a raft of new regulations designed to curtail variations in sexual behaviour. A Cultural History of Sexuality in the Enlightenment ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
310
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Series
The Cultural Histories
Condition
New
Number of Pages
310
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847888037
SKU
V9781847888037
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About Julie (Ed) Peakman
Julie Peakman teaches at Birkbeck College, University of London. Her recent books include Lascivious Bodies: A Sexual History of the Eighteenth Century and Mighty Lewd Books: The Development of Pornography in Eighteenth-century England. She has also edited Sexual Perversions, 1670-1890, eight volumes of Whore's Bibliographies 1680-1815.
Reviews for A Cultural History of Sexuality in the Enlightenment
BOTTOM LINE Upper-division undergraduate and graduate students will find this overview of the progression of thought about sexuality in the Western world helpful in their studies of social history, cultural history, and gender.
Martha Hardy, Metropolitan State University Library, St. Paul, MN
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Martha Hardy, Metropolitan State University Library, St. Paul, MN
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