03225nam 2200721Ia 450 991096231350332120251116173452.01-135-95985-41-135-95986-21-280-11543-20-203-00980-010.4324/9780203009802 (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(OCoLC)42040818(FINmELB)ELB154061(EXLCZ)99100000000025481219990728d2000 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe horrors of the half-known life male attitudes toward women and sexuality in nineteenth-century America /G.J. Barker-Benfield1st ed.New York Routledge20001 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. J321714MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910962313503321The horrors of the half-known life4496717UNINA