LEADER 03142oam 2200685I 450 001 9910784078703321 005 20230422044307.0 010 $a1-135-95985-4 010 $a1-135-95986-2 010 $a1-280-11543-2 010 $a0-203-00980-0 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203009802 035 $a(CKB)1000000000254812 035 $a(EBL)214516 035 $a(OCoLC)437065937 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000173079 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11178206 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000173079 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10164531 035 $a(PQKB)11413091 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC214516 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL214516 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10094091 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL11543 035 $a(OCoLC)57480790 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000254812 100 $a20180331e20001976 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe horrors of the half-known life $emale attitudes toward women and sexuality in nineteenth-century America /$fG.J. Barker-Benfield 210 1$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2000. 215 $a1 online resource (401 p.) 300 $aOriginally published: 1st ed. New York : Harper & Row, c1976. With new introd. 300 $a"Second edition"--P. xi. 311 $a1-138-15509-8 311 $a0-415-92500-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aBook 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 327 $a18 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 330 $aNow 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. 606 $aSex role$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aSex customs$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aMen$zUnited States$xAttitudes$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aGynecology$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century 615 0$aSex role$xHistory 615 0$aSex customs$xHistory 615 0$aMen$xAttitudes$xHistory 615 0$aGynecology$xHistory 676 $a305.3/0973/09034 700 $aBarker-Benfield$b G. J.$0321714 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910784078703321 996 $aThe horrors of the half-known life$93842310 997 $aUNINA