{"product_id":"licentious-worlds-julie-peakman-9781789141405","title":"Licentious Worlds: Sex and Exploitation in Global Empires","description":"\u003ci\u003eLicentious Worlds\u003c\/i\u003e 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, traders, and peace keepers--but they were also forced into marriages and raped. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. Their stories are drawn from many sources--from captains' logs, missionary reports, and cannibals' memoirs to travelers' letters, traders' accounts, and reports on prostitutes. From debauched clerics and hog-buggering Pilgrims to sexually-confused cannibals and sodomizing samurai, \u003ci\u003eLicentious Worlds\u003c\/i\u003e takes history into its darkest corners.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Julie Peakman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1789141400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781789141405\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Reaktion Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/21\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.30w x 1.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2020","brand":"Julie Peakman","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43991139287295,"sku":"9781789141405","price":42.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2cc10893-a19c-43c1-ad5e-c83753a46f93.jpg?v=1683308657","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/licentious-worlds-julie-peakman-9781789141405","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}