Amatory pleasures explorations in eighteenth-century sexual culture Peakman, Julie 1957- creator author. text bibliography Electronic books. History enk 2016 monographic eng remote 1 online resource "Encompassing the long 18th century, this reader examines a broad and enticing variety of topics in the history of sexuality in Georgian times. It includes discussion of sexual perversion, erotic gardens, gentlemen's secret societies, flagellation, pornography, writings of courtesans and the world of female friendship, revealing the secret or hidden meanings circulating between mainstream and covert activities of the 18th century. Including material previously available only in academic journals, revising these for a new readership and including two completely new chapters, Julie Peakman draws connections between these pieces and situates them within current debates. Her introduction examines how the covert life of Georgian sex was integrated from low life and high places, in brothels and palaces. Aimed at undergraduate and graduate students of gender, history of sexuality, sex literature and 18th-century history, Amatory Pleasures is an invaluable reader of the work of a key scholar in the field"-- "Encompassing the long 18th century, this reader examines a broad and enticing variety of topics in the history of sexuality in Georgian times. It includes discussion of sexual perversion, erotic gardens, gentlemen's secret societies, flagellation, pornography, writings of courtesans and the world of female friendship, revealing the secret or hidden meanings circulating between mainstream and covert activities of the 18th century"-- Machine generated contents note: -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Bodily Anxieties in Enlightenment Sex Literature -- 3. Perverse Acts -- 4. Medicine, the Body and the Botanical Metaphor in Erotica -- 5. The Eighteenth-Century Erotic Garden -- 6. Initiation, Defloration and Flagellation: Sexual Propensities in Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure -- 7. Blaming and Shaming in Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth-Century Print Culture -- 8. Memoirs of Women of Pleasure: The Whore Biography -- 9. 'The Best Freind in the World' : The Relationship between Emma Hamilton and Queen Maria Carolina of Naples -- 10. The History of Sexuality Debate -- Bibliography -- Index. Julie Peakman. Includes bibliographical references and index. Sex History 18th century Sex customs History 18th century Sex in literature History 18th century Sexualité Histoire 18e siècle Vie sexuelle Histoire 18e siècle Sexualité dans la littérature Histoire 18e siècle HISTORY / Modern / 18th Century HISTORY / Social History HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain Sex Sex customs Sex in literature 1700-1799 fast HQ16 306.709/033 HIS037050 HIS054000 HIS015000 Amatory pleasures Peakman, Julie, 1957- author. London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2016 (DLC) 2015047998 9781474226462 1474226469 9781474226455 1474226450 9781474226431 (hardback) 2016004159 http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login?url=https://doi.org/10.5040/9781474226479?locatt=label:secondary_bloomsburyCollections DLC 160127 20250218182651.3 in00005617812 eng