Year: 2014, 2014
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Shore, Deborah Ann, Thesis advisor (ths): Siena, Kevin P, Degree committee member (dgc): Andrew, Donna T, Degree committee member (dgc): Hurl-Eamon, Jennine, Degree committee member (dgc): Miron, Janet, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>British pornographic texts arguing the texts were part of a wider cultural discourse on luxury, criticising the upper echelons of society for their decadent and vice-ridden lifestyles. Pornographic texts consistently portray the elites of Britain as partaking in sexual deviances including lesbianism, sex with dolls, dildos and household objects. The portrayals could be dismissed as tales… more Full Text: Nymphs, Satyrs and Impotent Old Men The Portrayals of Elites in Eighteenth-Century British Pornography and Medical Literature A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of …
