{"product_id":"libertine-london-sex-in-the-eighteenth-century-metropolis-9781789148473","title":"Libertine London: Sex in the Eighteenth-Century Metropolis","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn eye-opening and richly detailed history of women's sexuality that upends entrenched perceptions of the long eighteenth century.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibertine London\u003c\/i\u003e investigates the sex lives of women throughout the period 1680 to 1830, known as the long eighteenth century. The book uncovers the various experiences of women, whether as mistresses, adultresses, or as participants in the sex trade. From renowned courtesans to downtrodden streetwalkers, it examines the multifaceted lives of these women within brothels, on stage, and even behind bars. Based on new research in court transcripts, asylum records, magazines, pamphlets, satires, songs, theater plays, and erotica, \u003ci\u003eLibertine London \u003c\/i\u003ereveals the gruesome treatment of women who were sexually active outside of marriage. Julie Peakman looks at sex from women's points of view, undercutting the traditional image of the bawdy eighteenth century to expose a more sordid side, which often left women distressed, ostracized, and vilified for their sexual behavior.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJulie Peakman\u003c\/b\u003e is a historian and author of many books on the history of sexuality, including \u003ci\u003eThe Pleasure's All Mine: A History of Perverse Sex\u003c\/i\u003e, also published by Reaktion Books, and \u003ci\u003eAmatory Pleasures: Explorations in Eighteenth-Century Sexual Cultures\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in London.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Reaktion Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50910908121362,"sku":"9781789148473","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_55d7fc63-f556-499c-9d0b-b6e2f8f2829f.jpg?v=1738719041","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/libertine-london-sex-in-the-eighteenth-century-metropolis-9781789148473","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}