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Autore |
Barker-Benfield G. J. |
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Titolo |
The horrors of the half-known life : male attitudes toward women and sexuality in nineteenth-century America / / G.J. Barker-Benfield |
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New York : , : Routledge, , 2000 |
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ISBN |
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1-135-95986-2 |
1-280-11543-2 |
0-203-00980-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (401 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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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. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Originally published: 1st ed. New York : Harper & Row, c1976. With new introd. |
"Second edition"--P. xi. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Now a classic in the field, The Horrors of the Half-Known Life is an important foundational text in the construction of masculinity, female |
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