Licentious Worlds: Sex and Exploitation in Global Empires

by Julie Peakman

Licentious Worlds is a history of sexual attitudes and behavior through five hundred years of empire-building around the world. 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. Women acted as negotiators, brothel keepers,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1789141400
• ISBN13: 9781789141405
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Reaktion Books
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.3" x 9.3"