The Correspondence of Karl Heinrich Ulrichs, 1846-1894

By Douglas Pretsell LGBTQ, Modern Europe, NOTCHES on the Bookshelf

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

By Kirsten Leng Modern Europe, NOTCHES on the Bookshelf

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

By Lisa Z. Sigel 20th and 21st Century United States, NOTCHES on the Bookshelf

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

By Caroline Derry LGBTQ, NOTCHES on the Bookshelf, United Kingdom

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

By Matthew Reeve LGBTQ, NOTCHES on the Bookshelf, United Kingdom

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

By Orna Alyagon-Darr Empire and Colonialism, LGBTQ, NOTCHES on the Bookshelf, Sexual Violence

This first study of the legal history of sex offences in Mandate Palestine pioneers a new socio-cultural perspective on evidence: plausibility.

Tabernacles of Clay: Sexuality and Gender in Modern Mormonism

By Taylor G. Petrey 20th and 21st Century United States, LGBTQ, NOTCHES on the Bookshelf, Religion and Sexuality

Tabernacles of Clay sets Mormonism in the broader history of sexuality in modernity by documenting and theorizing the intersections of race, gender, sexuality, religion, and social change.