LEADER 03956nam 2200577Ia 450 001 9910778194103321 005 20221108043304.0 010 $a0-674-26185-2 010 $a0-674-02039-1 024 7 $a10.4159/9780674020399 035 $a(CKB)1000000000786762 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH23050583 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000244661 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11186393 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000244661 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10171084 035 $a(PQKB)11685778 035 $a(DE-B1597)574316 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674020399 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3300480 035 $a(OCoLC)1294426481 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000786762 100 $a19990223d1999 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSex in the heartland$b[electronic resource] /$fBeth Bailey 210 $aCambridge, MA $cHarvard University Press$d1999 215 $a1 online resource (vii, 265 p., [16]p. of plates. )$cill 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-674-80278-0 311 $a0-674-00974-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 223-250) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tIntroduction -- $t1 Before the Revolution -- $t2 Sex and the Therapeutic Culture -- $t3 Responsible Sex -- $t4 Prescribing the Pill -- $t5 Revolutionary Intent -- $t6 Sex as a Weapon -- $t7 Sex and Liberation -- $t8 Remaking Sex -- $tEpilogue -- $tAbbreviations -- $tNotes -- $tCredits -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIndex 330 $aThis is the story of the sexual revolution in a small town in Kansas. Bailey argues that the revolution was forged in towns and cities alike, as people struggled over the boundaries of public and private sexual behaviour in postwar America. 330 $bThis is the story of the sexual revolution in a small university town in the quintessential heartland state of Kansas. Bypassing the oft-told tales of radicals and revolutionaries on either coast, Beth Bailey argues that the revolution was forged in towns and cities alike, as "ordinary" people struggled over the boundaries of public and private sexual behaviour in postwar America.; The author challenges contemporary perceptions of the revolution as simply a triumph of free love and gay lib. Rather, she explores the long-term and mainstream changes in American society, beginning in the economic and social dislocations of World War II and the explosion of mass media and communication, which aided and abetted the sexual upheaval of the 1960's. Focusing on Lawrence, Kansas, we discover the intricate and depth of a transformation that was nurtured at the grass roots.; Americans used the concept of revolution to make sense of social and sexual changes as they lived through them. everything from the pill to pantry raids, the counterculture to civil rights, was conflated into "the revolution", an accessible but deceptive simplification, too easy to both glorify and vilify. Bailey untangles the radically different origins, intentions, and outcomes of these events and movements to help us better understand their roles and meanings for sex in contemporary America. she argues that the sexual revolution challenged and partially overturned a system of sexual controls based on oppression, inequality, and exploitation, and created new models of sex and gender relations that have shaped our society in powerful and positive ways. 606 $aSex customs$zMiddle West$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aSexual ethics$zMiddle West$xHistory$y20th century 615 0$aSex customs$xHistory 615 0$aSexual ethics$xHistory 676 $a306.70977 700 $aBailey$b Beth L.$f1957-$01474245 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910778194103321 996 $aSex in the heartland$93687815 997 $aUNINA