From Florentine lesbian nuns to French cattle buggers Lascivious Bodies examines all sorts of sex, in all sorts of places, with all sorts of people. Drawing upon vivid firsthand material and private letters, Julie Peakman explores heterosexual behaviour, male and female homosexuality and more curious or abnormal activities, such as foot-fetishism, flagellation, necrophilia and cross-dressing. Lascivious Bodies is the definitive account of a period of diverse sexual pleasures, and how they have shaped the way we think about sex today.
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"'A jolly and Informative book, nicely produced... soundly researched and spiced with lurid details. Her descriptions bring a period of unbridled sexual appetite roaring to life.' Miranda Seymour, Sunday Times; 'Oh my. Don't I get the julcy jobs?... Every [other] sexual diversion is on display, every taboo and curlosity... Peakman is an energetic researcher... Lascivious Bodies makes today's swingers look very tame.' Edwina Currie, New Statesman"
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Julie Peakman is a lecturer Oxford Brookes University and honorary fellow at the Wellcome Trust Centre, UCL where she gained her PhD under Roy Porter. Her previous book, Mighty Lewd Books was published in 2003. She is currently working on a sexual history of the world, to be published by Atlantic Books in 2007.
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28 of 28 people found the following review helpful
By V. A. Crouch
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As someone with a serious interest in all things 18th-century, this proved a wonderful addition to my collection. However, whether you read this for historical/social reasons or just pure pleasure, this book is an enjoyable, face-paced read. Written in a style very easy to read and relate to, the situations are re-created in detail, with just enough light-heartedness.
Fascinating and scintillating, you will be shocked and amused by just what our ancestors got up to, with everything from sex clubs to homosexual erotica (un)covered.
Fascinating and scintillating, you will be shocked and amused by just what our ancestors got up to, with everything from sex clubs to homosexual erotica (un)covered.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
By Lulubeth
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I bought this to help broaden an idea of the 18th century mindset, fully aware it would be more about the rich than the poor, about London rater than anywhere else. My expectations were not unreasonable. The tenor of the book, however, is still more reminiscent of the 60s magazine Titbits than anything useful for research. Fraught with a jokey style that brings to mind the verb "titillate", the author's failure to lock the explosion of prostitution and sexual prurience of the 18th century to wider history leaves the content stranded as merely "naughty" - a series of salacious postcards - without any more sober or interesting purpose. Should have guessed from the Edwina Currie endorsement, I suppose, but hope springs eternal. Afraid I found it dull and trivial - and highly unlikely to shed light on "our attitudes to sex today" as promised in the blurb.
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This is a must-own for anyone interested in things you aren't meant to know about the eighteenth century. Humourous, informative, a great source for essays, and beautifully written. I started by taking this book out of the library for work, but I soon decided to buy it (which I hardly ever do), and it's been an invaluable resource for me. It makes history interesting!
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