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The Correspondence of Karl Heinrich Ulrichs, 1846-1894
The first critical edition of the complete correspondence of Karl Heinrich Ulrichs, a founding figure in the history of sexuality.
Sexual Politics and Feminist Science: Women Sexologists in Germany, 1900-1933
German-speaking feminists created new knowledge in sexology that challenged sexist biases and expanded possibilities for gendered and sexual expression.
The People’s Porn: A History of Handmade Pornography in America
The People’s Porn provides the first large-scale history of American handmade and homemade pornography.
Lesbianism and the Criminal Law: Three Centuries of Legal Regulation in England and Wales
A socio-legal history of lesbianism and the criminal law from the eighteenth century to the present.
Gothic Architecture and Sexuality in the Circle of Horace Walpole
Aesthetic preferences of Horace Walpole’s coterie cannot be understood independently from their own sexual preferences.
Plausible Crime Stories: The Legal History of Sexual Offences in Mandate Palestine
This first study of the legal history of sex offences in Mandate Palestine pioneers a new socio-cultural perspective on evidence: plausibility.
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