English Sexualities, 1700–1800

Hitchcock, Tim

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“…7 It had been assumed that men had strong sexual desires that were beyond their control but after the turn of the century men were increasingly urged to control and ration these passions within increasingly circumscribed avenues. 8 The norm of female sexuality changed even more. For centuries, women had been regarded as the lascivious sex: lust originated with them and men were merely victims of their wanton power.…”

Section: The 'Scheming Jezebel' and The Sexuality Of Slave Womenmentioning

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Deviant and dangerous: Pro-slavery representations of Jamaican slave women's sexuality, c. 1780–1834

Altink

2005

Slavery & Abolition

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Section: The 'Scheming Jezebel' and The Sexuality Of Slave Womenmentioning

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Deviant and dangerous: Pro-slavery representations of Jamaican slave women's sexuality, c. 1780–1834

Altink

2005

Slavery & Abolition

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“…One of the means through which reputed sodomites identified potential partners, for example, was through a secret code of signs such as the wearing of certain items of clothing, or the positioning of handkerchiefs on the waist. 26 Fashion items such as wigs contributed to a façade of sophistication and sartorial elegance, becoming almost ubiquitous. Wig-wearing was generally viewed as masculine and fitting for a man, and was becoming ever more popular lower down the social scale.…”

Section: Facial Hair and Masculinity In The Eighteenth Centurymentioning

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Shaving and Masculinity in Eighteenth-Century Britain

Withey

2016

Technology, Self-Fashioning and Politeness in Eighteenth-Century Britain: Refined Bodies

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How did new technologies inform conceptions of masculinity in Enlightenment Britain? This article explores the practice and material culture of shaving as an expression of polite masculinity. The eighteenth-century masculine ideal was cleanshaven. New types of steel meant sharper and more durable razors, in turn affecting the practice of shaving. Men at this time increasingly began to shave themselves rather than visit a barber. But razor-makers advertised their wares using carefully constructed discourses, linking razors -and shaving -to a broader male interest in science. Razors were thus simultaneously a product of, and a vector for, Enlightenment ideas.

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“…69 He offers the tentative suggestion that economic growth, industrialization, and urbanization changed sexual culture through two mechanisms : popular print culture and urban philanthropy and social policy. While critical of simple economic reductionism, Hitchcock argues that 'economic and social change can be said to have transformed the content of English sexual culture '.…”

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The Century of Sex? Gender, Bodies, and Sexuality in the Long Eighteenth Century

Harvey

2002

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The past two decades have witnessed a burgeoning of the history of the body and sexuality. Seeking to historicize sex differences, historians have widely incorporated the study of the body and sexuality into the history of women and gender. This review considers the place of the body and sexuality in women's and gender history. Recent work posits the long eighteenth century as the century of change in the ways in which bodies were understood, sexuality constructed, and sexual activity carried out. Yet in turn, the incorporation of such new topics also reinvigorates older narratives of economic and political transformation. This historiographical review assesses this recent work, arguing that key facets of the historiography need to be reconsidered. Explanatory models of historical change need to incorporate issues such as life-cycle changes and historical persistence. Approaches to cultural exchange have to develop which can accommodate cultural diversity, and the complexities of cultural transmission. Finally, analyses of the material contexts of the body and sexuality – both corporeal and textual – need to be undertaken.

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English Sexualities, 1700–1800

Abstract: Social History in Penpective is a series of in-depth studies of the many topics in social, cultural and religious history for students. They also give the student clear surveys of the subject and present the most recent research in an accessible way.

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Deviant and dangerous: Pro-slavery representations of Jamaican slave women's sexuality, c. 1780–1834

Deviant and dangerous: Pro-slavery representations of Jamaican slave women's sexuality, c. 1780–1834

Shaving and Masculinity in Eighteenth-Century Britain

The Century of Sex? Gender, Bodies, and Sexuality in the Long Eighteenth Century

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