A Cultural History of Sexuality in the Enlightenment -

A Cultural History of Sexuality in the Enlightenment

Julie Peakman (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover
310 Seiten
2012
Berg Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-84788-803-7 (ISBN)
139,50 inkl. MwSt
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.
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 presents an overview of the period with essays on heterosexuality, homosexuality, sexual variations, religious and legal issues, health concerns, popular beliefs about sexuality, prostitution and erotica.

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.

1 Introduction
Julie Peakman (Birkbeck College, University of London, UK)

2 Heterosexuality: Europe and North America
Anna Clark (University of Minnesota, USA)

3 Homosexuality
Rictor Norton (Independent Scholar, UK)

4 Sexual Variations
Marianna Muravyeva (University of Helsinki, Finland)

5 Sex, Religion and the Law
Merril D. Smith (Independent Scholar, USA)

6 Sex, Medicine and Disease
George Rousseau (University of Oxford, UK)

7 Sex, Popular Beliefs and Culture
Heike Bauer (Birkbeck Institute of Gender and Sexuality, UK)

8 Prostitution
Randolph Trumbach (City University of New York, USA)

9 Erotica: Representing Sex in the Eighteenth Century
Katherine Crawford (Vanderbilt University, USA)

Notes

Bibliography

Contributors

Index

Reihe/Serie The Cultural Histories Series
Zusatzinfo 76 bw illus
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 172 x 244 mm
Gewicht 794 g
Themenwelt Geschichte Allgemeine Geschichte Neuzeit (bis 1918)
Geschichte Teilgebiete der Geschichte Kulturgeschichte
Geisteswissenschaften Psychologie Sexualität / Partnerschaft
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie Gender Studies
ISBN-10 1-84788-803-8 / 1847888038
ISBN-13 978-1-84788-803-7 / 9781847888037
Zustand Neuware
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