a sexual history of the eighteenth century
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Peakman, Julie
- Publish Year
- 2004
- Shelfmark
- A920 - A
- Thesaurus
- seksualiteit, courtisanes, prostitutie, prostituees, travestie, seksuele voorkeur, seksuele technieken, historisch, wereld, 18e eeuw
- Description
- From Florentine lesbian nuns to French cattle buggers Packman describes all sorts of sex, in all sorts of places, with all sorts of people. She depicts the libertine men and courtesans of the era, including personalities as James Boswell, Casanova, Peg Plunkett, Harriette Wilson and Julia Johnstone. She also explores heterosexual behaviour in courtship, marriage, adultery, divorce and prostitution: footfetishism, flagellation, and necrophilia: male and female homosexuality and cross-dressing.