A CULTURAL HISTORY OF SEXUALITY by Julie Peakman (Editor) ( 9781472554802 )

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A CULTURAL HISTORY OF SEXUALITY
VOLUMES 1-6

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ISBN 10:

1472554809

ISBN 13:

9781472554802

Publisher:

BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC

Pub. date:

16 January, 2014

Series:

The Cultural Histories Series

Description:

An authoritative history of the subject in a 6 volume series. The volumes cover Antiquity, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the Enlightenment, the Age of Empire and the Modern Age.

Synopsis:

A Cultural History of Sexuality presents an overarching survey from ancient times to the present. With six volumes covering 2800 years, this is the most authoritative history of sexuality in all its many forms across Western cultures. Volume 1: A Cultural History of Sexuality in the Classical World, edited by Mark Golden, University of Winnipeg, Canada and Peter Toohey, University of Calgary, CanadaVolume 2: A Cultural History of Sexuality in the Middle Ages, edited by Ruth Evans, Saint Louis University, USAVolume 3: A Cultural History of Sexuality in the Renaissance, edited by Bette Talvacchia, University of Connecticut, USAVolume 4: A Cultural History of Sexuality in the Enlightenment, edited by Julie Peakman, Birkbeck College, University of London, UKVolume 5: A Cultural History of Sexuality in the Age of Empire, edited by Chiara Beccalossi, University of Queensland, Australia, and Ivan Crozier, University of Edinburgh, UKVolume 6: A Cultural History of Sexuality in the Modern Age, edited by Gert Hekma, University of Amsterdam, The NetherlandsEach volume discusses the same themes in its chapters: 1. Heterosexuality; 2. Homosexuality; 3. Sexual Variations; 4. Sex Religion, and the Law; 5. Sex, Medicine and Disease; 6. Sex, Popular Beliefs and Culture; 7. Prostitution; 8. Erotica. This means readers can either have a broad overview of a period by reading a volume or follow a theme through history by reading the relevant chapter in each volume. Well illustrated, the full six volume set combines to present the most authoritative and comprehensive survey available on sexuality through history.

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300 bw illus

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Bloomsbury Academic

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Returnable

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