03142oam 2200685I 450 991078407870332120230422044307.01-135-95985-41-135-95986-21-280-11543-20-203-00980-010.4324/9780203009802 (CKB)1000000000254812(EBL)214516(OCoLC)437065937(SSID)ssj0000173079(PQKBManifestationID)11178206(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000173079(PQKBWorkID)10164531(PQKB)11413091(MiAaPQ)EBC214516(Au-PeEL)EBL214516(CaPaEBR)ebr10094091(CaONFJC)MIL11543(OCoLC)57480790(EXLCZ)99100000000025481220180331e20001976 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe horrors of the half-known life male attitudes toward women and sexuality in nineteenth-century America /G.J. Barker-BenfieldNew York :Routledge,2000.1 online resource (401 p.)Originally published: 1st ed. New York : Harper & Row, c1976. With new introd."Second edition"--P. xi.1-138-15509-8 0-415-92500-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 Refinement18 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; IndexNow 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.Sex roleUnited StatesHistory19th centurySex customsUnited StatesHistory19th centuryMenUnited StatesAttitudesHistory19th centuryGynecologyUnited StatesHistory19th centurySex roleHistorySex customsHistoryMenAttitudesHistoryGynecologyHistory305.3/0973/09034Barker-Benfield G. J.321714MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910784078703321The horrors of the half-known life3842310UNINA