Libertine London: Sex in the Eighteenth-Century Metropolis by Peakman, Julie

Libertine London: Sex in the Eighteenth-Century Metropolis

An eye-opening and richly detailed history of women's sexuality that upends entrenched perceptions of the long eighteenth...
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Author: Julie Peakman
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Libertine London: Sex in the Eighteenth-Century Metropolis by Peakman, Julie

Libertine London: Sex in the Eighteenth-Century Metropolis

Dhs. 153.08

Libertine London: Sex in the Eighteenth-Century Metropolis

Dhs. 153.08
Author: Julie Peakman
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
An eye-opening and richly detailed history of women's sexuality that upends entrenched perceptions of the long eighteenth century.

Libertine London investigates the sex lives of women throughout the period 1680 to 1830, known as the long eighteenth century. The book uncovers the various experiences of women, whether as mistresses, adultresses, or as participants in the sex trade. From renowned courtesans to downtrodden streetwalkers, it examines the multifaceted lives of these women within brothels, on stage, and even behind bars. Based on new research in court transcripts, asylum records, magazines, pamphlets, satires, songs, theater plays, and erotica, Libertine London reveals the gruesome treatment of women who were sexually active outside of marriage. Julie Peakman looks at sex from women's points of view, undercutting the traditional image of the bawdy eighteenth century to expose a more sordid side, which often left women distressed, ostracized, and vilified for their sexual behavior.

Author: Julie Peakman
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Published: 07/30/2024
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 2.16lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.40w x 1.40d
ISBN: 9781789148473

About the Author
Julie Peakman is a historian and author of many books on the history of sexuality, including The Pleasure's All Mine: A History of Perverse Sex, also published by Reaktion Books, and Amatory Pleasures: Explorations in Eighteenth-Century Sexual Cultures. She lives in London.

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