A cultural history of sexuality in the Enlightenment

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A cultural history of sexuality in the Enlightenment

edited by Julie Peakman

（A cultural history of sexuality / general editor, Julie Peakman, v. 4）

Bloomsbury, 2014

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Originally published: Oxford : Berg, 2011

Bibliography: p. [267]-293

Includes index

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Volume

: pbk ISBN 9781472554765

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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.

Table of Contents

Preface Series Acknowledgements Acknowledgements List of Illustrations 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
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: hb ISBN 9781847888037

Description

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.

Table of Contents

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

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