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Governing pleasures: pornography and social change in England, 1815-1914

Lisa Z. Sigel c2002 © Rutgers University Press

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ISBN(s)

9780813530017 (hardcover)
9780813530024 (paper)
9780813533049 (ebook)

Subject

European: 1800-present

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With permission of the Kinsey Institute.

Anonymous drawing: Cunnilingus.

Figure 1. Anonymous drawing: Cunnilingus.

With permission of the Kinsey Institute.

Frontispiece: The Frisky Songster.

Figure 2. Frontispiece: The Frisky Songster.

With permission of the Victoria and Albert Museum.

Thomas Rowlandson, "The Star Gazer," circa 1820s.

Figure 3. Thomas Rowlandson, "The Star Gazer," circa 1820s.

With permission of the Victoria and Albert Museum.

Thomas Rowlandson, "The Curious Parson," circa 1820s.

Figure 4. Thomas Rowlandson, "The Curious Parson," circa 1820s.

With permission of the Victoria and Albert Museum.

Thomas Rowlandson, "The Jugglers," circa 1820s.

Figure 5. Thomas Rowlandson, "The Jugglers," circa 1820s.

With permission of the Victoria and Albert Museum.

Thomas Rowlandson, "The Harem," circa 1820s.

Figure 6. Thomas Rowlandson, "The Harem," circa 1820s.

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Frontispiece: Centuria Librorum Absconditorum.

Figure 7. Frontispiece: Centuria Librorum Absconditorum.

Cabinet portrait of geishas.

Cabinet portrait of geishas.

Figure 8. Cabinet portrait of geishas.

With permission of the Kinsey Institute.

Illustration from John Davenport's Aphrodisiacs and Anti-Aphrodisiacs.

Figure 9. Illustration from John Davenport's Aphrodisiacs and Anti-Aphrodisiacs.

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Photographs from a catalogue of artist's models.

Figure 10. Photographs from a catalogue of artist's models.

With permission of the Kinsey Institute.

Photographic catalogue: "Bijoux 118."

Figure 11. Photographic catalogue: "Bijoux 118."

With permission of the Kinsey Institute.

Photograph: Reclining woman.

Figure 12. Photograph: Reclining woman.

Photograph: Woman with garland.

Photograph: Woman with garland.

Figure 13. Photograph: Woman with garland.

With permission of the Kinsey Institute.

Photograph: Woman (in bonnet) and man.

Figure 14. Photograph: Woman (in bonnet) and man.

With permission of the Kinsey Institute.

Photograph: Ménage, two women and one man.

Figure 15. Photograph: Ménage, two women and one man.

With permission of the Kinsey Institute.

Photograph: Ménage, two men and one woman.

Figure 16. Photograph: Ménage, two men and one woman.

With permission of the Kinsey Institute.

Photograph: Seaside fellatio.

Figure 17. Photograph: Seaside fellatio.

With permission of the Kinsey Institute.

Catalogue: "La Lune à 1 mètre." [The moon at 1 meter]

Figure 18. Catalogue: "La Lune à 1 mètre." [The moon at 1 meter]

With permission of the Kinsey Institute.

Photograph: Two women with bottle.

Figure 19. Photograph: Two women with bottle.

With permission of the Kinsey Institute.

Postcard: Woman in an indiscreet bodystocking.

Figure 20. Postcard: Woman in an indiscreet bodystocking.

Reviews
Journal Abbreviation	Label	URL
JHSex	11.4 (2002): 695-696	http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/journal_of_the_history_of_sexuality/v011/11.4sinfield.html
AHR	108.1 (Feb. 2003): 256-257	http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/533171
VS	45.4 (Summer 2003): 777-779	http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/victorian_studies/v045/45.4forman.html
JSocH	37.4 (2004): 1119-1121	http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/journal_of_social_history/v037/37.4white.html
WRB	20.1 (Oct. 2002): 8-9	http://www.jstor.org/stable/4024012

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