The horrors of the half-known life : male attitudes toward women and sexuality in nineteenth-century America / / G.J. Barker-Benfield

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Autore:	Barker-Benfield G. J.
Titolo:	The horrors of the half-known life : male attitudes toward women and sexuality in nineteenth-century America / / G.J. Barker-Benfield
Pubblicazione:	New York : , : Routledge, , 2000
Descrizione fisica:	1 online resource (401 p.)
Disciplina:	305.3/0973/09034
Soggetto topico:	Sex role - United States - History - 19th century
	Sex customs - United States - History - 19th century
	Men - United States - Attitudes - History - 19th century
	Gynecology - United States - History - 19th century
Soggetto genere / forma:	Electronic books.
Note generali:	Originally published: 1st ed. New York : Harper & Row, c1976. With new introd.
	"Second edition"--P. xi.
Nota di bibliografia:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto:	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 Refinement
	18 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
Sommario/riassunto:	Now 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.
Titolo autorizzato:	The horrors of the half-known life
ISBN:	1-135-95986-2
	1-280-11543-2
	0-203-00980-0
Formato:	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione:	Inglese
Record Nr.:	9910451252003321
Lo trovi qui:	Univ. Federico II
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