Licentious Worlds - Sex and Exploitation in Global Empires

Informationen zum Autor Julie Peakman is the author of many books including Peg Plunkett: Memoirs of a Whore and Amatory Pleasures: Explorations in Eighteenth-Century Sexual Culture . She lives in London. Klappentext "A history of sexual attitudes and behaviour through five hundred years of empire-building around the world, [in which], in a graphic and sometimes unsettling account, Julie Peakman examines colonization and the imperial experience puttting women back in the picture, showing their role in the building of empires, but also how marginalized men and women were almost invariably exploited. Women acted as negotiators, brothel-keepers, traders, and peacekeepers, but they were also oppressed, forced into marriages, and raped. The book describes daily life in Turkish harems, Mughal zenanas, and Japanese geisha houses, as well as in royal palaces, private households, and on board ships"-- Zusammenfassung A challenging! iconoclastic history of empire-building from the point of view of women.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Julie Peakman, Peakman Julie
• Editore: Reaktion Books
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 30.11.2019
• EAN: 9781789141405
• ISBN: 978-1-78914-140-5
• Pagine: 352
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; HISTORY / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, General & world history, Social and cultural history, Empires & historical states, Gender studies: women, General and world history, Gender studies: women and girls, Historical states, empires, territories and regions