Kink in the Renaissance

<p>Come with us back to Renaissance England, when writers were playing with ideas of sexuality in interesting ways.</p><br><p>How much of a filth bag was Shakespeare? How did he play with the ideas of power dynamics for pleasure in his plays? And what were other writers doing to explore non-traditional ideas of sex, fantasy and desire?</p><br><p>Joining Kate today are Joseph Gamble and Gillian Knoll, co-editors of the forthcoming book <a href="https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/K/bo238317686.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>The Kinky Renaissance</em></a>, which explore questions of sexual history through modern-day kink cultures.&nbsp;</p><br><p>This episode was edited by Tom Delargy. The producer was Stuart Beckwith. The senior producer was Charlotte Long.</p><br><p>Enjoy unlimited access to award-winning original documentaries that are released weekly and AD-FREE podcasts. Get a subscription for £1 per month for 3 months with code BETWIXT sign up at <a href="https://historyhit/subscription/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><u>https://historyhit/subscription/</u></a>&nbsp;</p><br><p>You can take part in our listener survey <a href="https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/6FFT7MK" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><u>here</u></a>.</p> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>