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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451252003321

Autore

Barker-Benfield G. J.

Titolo

The horrors of the half-known life : male attitudes toward women and sexuality in nineteenth-century America / / G.J. Barker-Benfield

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2000

ISBN

1-135-95986-2

1-280-11543-2

0-203-00980-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (401 p.)

Disciplina

305.3/0973/09034

Soggetti

Sex role - United States - History - 19th century

Sex customs - United States - History - 19th century

Men - United States - Attitudes - History - 19th century

Gynecology - United States - History - 19th century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published: 1st ed. New York : Harper & Row, c1976. With new introd.

"Second edition"--P. xi.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Introduction to the Second Edition; Introduction to the First Edition; 1 The American Man; 2 The Arena; 3 Work and Sex; 4 Democratic Fathers and Democratic Sons; 5 Freedom of Intercourse; 6 Strong Men over Orderly Women; 7 The Absence of Midwives from America; 8 Democratic Doctors; 9 The Rise of Gynecology; 10 Architect of the Vagina; 11 Sexual Surgery; 12 The Reverend John Todd; 13 Primers for Anxiety; 14 Todd's Masturbation Phobia; 15 The Spermatic Economy and Proto-Sublimation; 16 Men Earn-Women Spend; 17 Woman's Refinement

18 Sex and Anarchy19 From Mother to Mother Earth; 20 Dr. Gardner's Education; 21 Gardner's Career; 22 The Physical Decline of American Women; 23 Punishing Women; 24 The Great Organ of Communication; Notes to Chapters; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Now a  classic in the field, The Horrors of the Half-Known Life is an important foundational text in the construction of masculinity, female



identity, and the history of midwivery.