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A cultural history of sexuality. Edited by Julie Peakman. 6 vols.

Publication Details

Oxford: Berg Publishers, 2010 CE.

"Vol. 1: A Cultural History of Sexuality in the Classical World Edited by Mark Golden, University of Winnipeg, and Peter Toohey, University of Calgary

Vol. 2: A Cultural History of Sexuality in the Middle Ages Edited by Ruth Evans, Saint Louis University Volume 3: A Cultural History of Sexuality in the Renaissance Edited by Bette Talvacchia, University of Connecticut 

Vol. 4: A Cultural History of Sexuality in the Enlightenment Edited by Julie Peakman, Birkbeck College, University of London 
Vol. 5: Sexuality in the Age of Empire Edited by Chiara Beccalossi, University of Queensland, Australia, and Ivan Crozier, University of Edinburgh 
Vol. 6: A Cultural History of Sexuality in the Modern Age Gert Hekma, University of Amsterdam

Each 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 the relevant chapter in each volume" (publisher).

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Entry Number#10487
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Geographic Context

Publication place: Oxford

Mentioned in annotation: Edinburgh; Amsterdam; Winnipeg, Canada; London