Sexual Perversions, 1670–1890 - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1349363979 ISBN 13: 9781349363971

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009

Synopsis

A fascinating glimpse into the history of sexual perversions and diversions including fetishism, cross-dressing, 'effeminate' men and 'masculinized' women, sodomy, tribadism, masturbation, necrophilia, rape, paedophilia, flagellation, and sado-masochism, asking how these sexual inclinations were viewed at a particular time in history.

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About the Author

SANDRA ADAMS former Assistant Professor in English at Macau University, People's Republic of China JENNIFER FRANGOS is Assistant Professor of Eighteenth-century British literature, the University of Missouri, USA REBECCA E MAY Doctoral Candidate in Literary and Cultural Studies, Carnegie Mellon University, Pennsylvania, USA BECKY MCLAUGHLIN Associate Professor of English, the University of South Alabama, USA JENNIE MILLS Associate Lecturer, the Open University, UK MARILYN MORRIS Associate Professor of History, the University of North Texas, USA PASHMINA MURTHY Doctoral graduate in Comparative Literature, University of Southern California, USA JULIE PEAKMAN Honorary Fellow, Birkbeck College, University of London, UK JENNIE SKIPP Postgraduate Tutor, University of Leeds, UK

Review

How does one go about identifying sexual perversion, when defining sexual norms is difficult in itself? Julie Peakman's collection of essays offers some incisive answers to this question. Sexual Perversions provides a fascinating gallop through the strange sexual landscape of the past...there is enough food for thought here to satisfy everyone."- Hallie Rubenhold, TLS

Edition details

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1349363979
• ISBN 13: 9781349363971
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 305
• Editor: Peakman J.