Sexual Perversions, 1670-1890

A fascinating glimpse into the history of sexual perversions and diversions including fetishism, cross-dressing, 'effeminate' men and 'masculinized' women, sodomy, tribadism, masturbation, necrophilia, rape, paedophilia, flagellation, and sado-masochism, asking how these sexual inclinations were viewed at a particular time in history.

SANDRA ADAMS former Assistant Professor in English at Macau University, People's Republic of China
JENNIFER FRANGOS is Assistant Professor of Eighteenth-century British literature, the University of Missouri, USA
REBECCA E MAY Doctoral Candidate in Literary and Cultural Studies, Carnegie Mellon University, Pennsylvania, USA
BECKY MCLAUGHLIN Associate Professor of English, the University of South Alabama, USA
JENNIE MILLS Associate Lecturer, the Open University, UK
MARILYN MORRIS Associate Professor of History, the University of North Texas, USA
PASHMINA MURTHY Doctoral graduate in Comparative Literature, University of Southern California, USA
JULIE PEAKMAN Honorary Fellow, Birkbeck College, University of London, UK
JENNIE SKIPP Postgraduate Tutor, University of Leeds, UK