Title Amatory pleasures : explorations in eighteenth-century sexual culture / Julie Peakman

Published London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2016

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Description 1 online resource Contents Cover page; Halftitle page; Series page; title page; Copyright page; Dedication; CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; PART ONE Norms and Anomalies; CHAPTER ONE Continuities and Change in Sexual Behaviour and Attitudes from the Eighteenth Century; Sex and marriage in Europe; Sexual relations in European colonies and empires; Sex and marriage in East Asia; Prostitution; Homosexuality; CHAPTER TWO 'Perversion of the Course of Nature': Sexual Variations in the Eighteenth Century; Sodomy as perversion 'against nature'; Topsy-turvy world of dress; Pornography as perversion? Rape and necrophiliaCreation of the perverse 'other'; CHAPTER THREE Blaming and Shaming in Eighteenth- and Early Nineteenth-century Print Culture; PART TWO Erotic Women: Fact and Fiction; CHAPTER FOUR Whore Biographies in the Eighteenth Century; Contemporary commentaries; CHAPTER FIVE Memoirs of Women of Pleasure: Autobiographies; The Wronged Daughter: parental blame; The Educated Hostess: 'the art of pleasing'; The Fallen Woman: her fi rst lover; The Chaste Ideal: sexual etiquette; The Coquette: the deceitful heart; The Spit-Fire: 'wild' passions; The Temptress: jealous lovers The Vengeful WhoreCHAPTER SIX Initiation, Defloration and Flagellation: Sexual Propensities in Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure; Sexual initiation of women by women; Sexual initiation of women by men; Flagellation; CHAPTER SEVEN 'The Best Freind in the World': The Relationship Between Emma Hamilton and Queen Maria Carolina of Naples1; PART THREE Exploring Bodies; CHAPTER EIGHT Bodily Anxieties in Enlightenment Sex Literature; The humoral system; Concerns about blood in medical texts and pornography; Concerns about sexual fluids: the physicians' debate Concerns about sexual secretions in eroticaCHAPTER NINE Medicine, the Body and the Botanical Sexual Metaphor in Erotica; Historical context; Scientific developments; Natural history of the Frutex Vulvaria; CHAPTER TEN The Eighteenth-century Erotic Garden; The making of the gentleman's erotic garden; Sir Francis Dashwood's estate; The garden in erotic literature; NOTES; INDEX Summary "Encompassing the long 18th century, this reader examines a broad and enticing variety of topics in the history of sexuality in Georgian times. It includes discussion of sexual perversion, erotic gardens, gentlemen's secret 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. Including material previously available only in academic journals, revising these for a new readership and including two completely new chapters, Julie Peakman draws connections between these pieces and situates them within current debates. Her introduction examines how the covert life of Georgian sex was integrated from low life and high places, in brothels and palaces. Aimed at undergraduate and graduate students of gender, history of sexuality, sex literature and 18th-century history, Amatory Pleasures is an invaluable reader of the work of a key scholar in the field"-- Provided by publisher "Encompassing the long 18th century, this reader examines a broad and enticing variety of topics in the history of sexuality in Georgian times. It includes discussion of sexual perversion, erotic gardens, gentlemen's secret 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"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed Subject Sex -- History -- 18th century Sex customs -- History -- 18th century Sex in literature -- History -- 18th century Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900. Literature: history & criticism. Gender studies: women. History. HISTORY -- Modern -- 18th century. HISTORY -- Social History. HISTORY -- Europe -- Great Britain. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture. Sex Sex customs Sex in literature Literature. Genre/Form Electronic books History Form Electronic book LC no. 2016004159 ISBN 9781474226462 1474226469 9781474226479 1474226477

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