Licentious Worlds
Licentious Worlds Licentious Worlds is a history of sexual attitudes and behavior through five hundred years of empire-building around the world. Women acted as negotiators, brothel keepers, traders,…
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Licentious Worlds
Licentious Worlds is a history of sexual attitudes and behavior through five hundred years of empire-building around the world. Women acted as negotiators, brothel keepers, traders, and peace keepers--but they were also forced into marriages and raped.The book describes women in Turkish harems, Mughal zenanas, and Japanese geisha houses, as well as in royal palaces and private households and onboard ships. In a graphic and sometimes unsettling account, Julie Peakman examines colonization and the imperial experience of women (as well as marginalized men), showing how women were not only involved in the building of empires, but how they were also almost invariably exploited.
From debauched Their stories are drawn from many sources--from captains' logs, missionary reports, and cannibals' memoirs to travelers' letters, traders' accounts, and reports on prostitutes.
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