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Intimate matters : a history of sexuality in America / John D'Emilio and Estelle B. Freedman.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2012Edition: Third editionDescription: xix, 476 pages : illustrations ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0226923800
  • 9780226923802
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: No titleDDC classification:
  • 306.70973 23
LOC classification:
  • HQ18.U5 D45 2012
Contents:
The reproductive matrix, 1600-1800 : Cultural diversity in the era of settlement ; Family life and the regulation of deviance ; Seeds of change -- Divided passions, 1780-1900 : Within the family ; Race and sexuality ; Outside the family ; Sexual politics -- Toward a new sexual order, 1880-1930 : "Civilized morality" under stress ; Crusades for sexual order ; Breaking with the past -- The rise and fall of sexual liberalism, 1920 to the present : Beyond reproduction ; Redrawing the boundaries ; Sexual revolutions ; The sexualized society ; Polarization and conflict ; Politics and personal life at the turn of the century.
Summary: "As the first full-length study of the history of sexuality in America, Intimate Matters offers trenchant insights into the sexual behavior of Americans from colonial times to the present. Now, twenty-five years after its first publication, this groundbreaking classic is back in a crucial and updated third edition. With new and extended chapters, D'Emilio and Freedman give us an even deeper understanding of how sexuality has dramatically influenced politics and culture throughout our history and into the present." -- Back cover.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The reproductive matrix, 1600-1800 : Cultural diversity in the era of settlement ; Family life and the regulation of deviance ; Seeds of change -- Divided passions, 1780-1900 : Within the family ; Race and sexuality ; Outside the family ; Sexual politics -- Toward a new sexual order, 1880-1930 : "Civilized morality" under stress ; Crusades for sexual order ; Breaking with the past -- The rise and fall of sexual liberalism, 1920 to the present : Beyond reproduction ; Redrawing the boundaries ; Sexual revolutions ; The sexualized society ; Polarization and conflict ; Politics and personal life at the turn of the century.

"As the first full-length study of the history of sexuality in America, Intimate Matters offers trenchant insights into the sexual behavior of Americans from colonial times to the present. Now, twenty-five years after its first publication, this groundbreaking classic is back in a crucial and updated third edition. With new and extended chapters, D'Emilio and Freedman give us an even deeper understanding of how sexuality has dramatically influenced politics and culture throughout our history and into the present." -- Back cover.

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