Turkish fantasies: Sex, violence and tourism in the 18th century

Sophia Watson’s Memoirs of the Seraglio (1768) was a libel pamphlet against Frederick Calvert lord Baltimore published during the media turmoil caused by a rape case filed by Sarah Woodcock, an abducted London milliner. Watson, one of the sex slaves kept by this millionaire aristocrat, wrapped her...

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Main Author: Paweł T. Dobrowolski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology Polish Academy of Sciences 2020-10-01
Series:Kwartalnik Historii Kultury Materialnej
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Online Access:https://journals.iaepan.pl/khkm/article/view/2487