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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, ostracised and vilified for their sexual behaviour.

Author Biography:

Julie Peakman is a historian and author of many books on the history of sexuality, including The Pleasure's All Mine: A History of Perverse Sex, also published by Reaktion Books, and Amatory Pleasures: Explorations in Eighteenth-Century Sexual Cultures. She lives in London.
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May 13th, 2024
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  • General (US: Trade)
Illustrations
116 illustrations, 55 in colour
Pages
352
ISBN-13
9781789148473
Product ID
38174732

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