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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828291903321

Autore

Luhan Mabel Dodge <1879-1962.>

Titolo

The suppressed memoirs of Mabel Dodge Luhan : sex, syphilis, and psychoanalysis in the making of modern American culture / / edited by Lois Palken Rudnick

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albuquerque, : University of New Mexico Press, c2012

ISBN

1-283-63712-X

0-8263-5121-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (258 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

RudnickLois Palken <1944->

Disciplina

973.91092

B

Soggetti

Women intellectuals - United States

Syphilis - Patients - United States

Subculture - United States - History - 20th century

United States Intellectual life 20th century Sources

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: "The Sins of the Fathers"; 1: Family Secrets; 2: Green Horses; 3: Family Affairs; 4: The Statue of Liberty: A Story of Taboos; 5: The Doomed: A Tragic Legend of Hearsay and Observation; Epilogue: Doctors: Fifty Years of Experience; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

Restricted at the behest of her family until the year 2000, Rudnick's edition of these remarkable documents represents the culmination of more than thirty-five years of study of Luhan's life, writings, lovers, friends, and Luhan's social and cultural mili