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Book SynopsisJulie Peakman teaches at Birkbeck College, University of London, UK. Her recent books include
Lascivious Bodies: A Sexual History of the Eighteenth Century and M
ighty Lewd Books: The Development of Pornography in Eighteenth-Century England. She has also edited
Sexual Perversions, 16701890, eight volumes of
Whore's Bibliographies 1680 1815, and is currently writing a sexual history of the world.
Table of ContentsPreface Series Acknowledgements Acknowledgements List of Illustrations 1 Introduction Julie Peakman, Birkbeck College, University of London, UK 2 Heterosexuality: Europe and North America Anna Clark, University of Minnesota, USA 3 Homosexuality Rictor Norton, Independent Scholar, UK 4 Sexual Variations Marianna Muravyeva, University of Helsinki, Finland 5 Sex, Religion and the Law Merril D. Smith, Independent Scholar, USA 6 Sex, Medicine and Disease George Rousseau, University of Oxford, UK 7 Sex, Popular Beliefs and Culture Heike Bauer, Birkbeck Institute of Gender and Sexuality, UK 8 Prostitution Randolph Trumbach, City University of New York, USA 9 Erotica: Representing Sex in the Eighteenth Century Katherine Crawford, Vanderbilt University, USA Notes Bibliography Contributors Index
