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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450304003321

Autore

Wouters Cas

Titolo

Sex and manners [[electronic resource] ] : female emancipation in the West, 1890-2000 / / Cas Wouters

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : SAGE, 2004

ISBN

1-4129-2918-0

1-4462-3629-3

1-280-37092-0

9786610370924

1-4129-3387-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (199 p.)

Collana

Theory, culture & society

Disciplina

392.4/09182/10904

Soggetti

Women - Social life and customs - 20th century

Women - Social life and customs

Etiquette for women - History

Sexual ethics for women - History

Man-woman relationships - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Published in association with Theory, Culture & Society, Nottingham Trent University."--T.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and (p. [165]-176) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 - Introduction; Chapter 2 - Confined to the Drawing Room; Chapter 3 - Dancing Fury; Chapter 4 - To Pay or Be Paid For?; Chapter 5 - Going to Work; Chapter 6 - Developments in Courting Regimes; Chapter 7 - The Lust Balance of Sex and Love since the Sexual Revolution: Fuck Romance!; Chapter 8 - International Comparisons, Theoretical Interpretations, and Regularities in Processes of Emancipation and Integration; Notes; References; Name Index; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

A cross-cultural study of manners, this text examines changing relationships between the sexes, with its focus on how women have asserted their social independence in American, British, Dutch & German society.