Dabhoiwala traces the transformation of western approaches to sexuality during the Enlightenment.
Early Modern
Bestiality in a Time of Smallpox
At the turn of the 19th century, opponents of Edward Jenner’s method for preventing smallpox likened vaccination to bestiality.
Carnivalesque #107
A round-up of recent blog-posts on pre-modern history.
Sexual Curiosities? Aphrodisiacs in early modern England
Aphrodisiacs were widely understood to be a central component in the fight against infertility.
‘A Temporary Member’: ‘Hermaphrodites’ and Sexual Identity in Early Modern Russia
‘Hermaphrodites’ represented a true puzzle for the authorities and local community.
The Censorship of Female Pleasure: Cleland, Charlie Countryman, Cunnilingus
What does censorship of John Cleland’s novel tell us about attitudes to female pleasure?
The Allure of the Castrato
An introduction to one of the sex symbols of the eighteenth century: the castrato.
