Libertine London
Reaktion Books (Verlag)
978-1-78914-847-3 (ISBN)
Libertine London investigates the sex lives of women from 1680 to 1830, the period known as the long eighteenth century. It uncovers the various experiences of women, whether mistresses, adulteresses or those involved in the sex trade. From renowned courtesans to downtrodden streetwalkers, Julie Peakman examines the multifaceted lives of these women within brothels, on stage and even behind bars.
Based on new research into court transcripts, asylum records, magazines, pamphlets, satires, songs, theatre plays and erotica, we learn of 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, of women left distressed, ostracized and vilified for their sexual behaviour.
Julie Peakman is a historian and author of many books on the history of sexuality. She is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and Honorary Fellow at Birkbeck College, University of London. She is a frequent contributor to academic journals, national newspapers and popular magazines and has worked on television documentaries for the BBC, Channel 4, Sky and the Biography Channel.
Prologue
1. Rambles through London
2. Street-Walkers
3. Brazen Bawds
4. Courtesans
5. Public Opinion: The Way with Whores
6. Stage Strumpets
7. Libertines and Their Fashions
8. Quacks, the Pox and the New Sexual Predators
9. Mad About the Boy
10. Rape on Trial
11. Seduction, Abduction and Adultery
12. Royal Mistresses
References
Acknowledgements
Photo Acknowledgements
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 11.05.2024 |
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| Zusatzinfo | 116 illustrations, 54 in colour |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-78914-847-2 / 1789148472 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-78914-847-3 / 9781789148473 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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