Sexual Perversions, 1670-1890Julie Peakman This book is a fascinating glimpse into the history of sexual perversions and diversions including fetishism, cross-dressing, effeminate men and masculinised women, sodomy, tribadism, masturbation, necrophilia, rape, paedophilia, flagellation, and sado-masochism, asking how these sexual inclinations were viewed at a particular time in history. |
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The Restorations Sexual Allegory | 50 |
Objects of Desire Identity and Eros in the Writings of | 72 |
The Woman in Mans Clothes and the Pleasures of | 95 |
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