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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. Visualizza persona
Titolo: The horrors of the half-known life : male attitudes toward women and sexuality in nineteenth-century America / / G.J. Barker-Benfield Visualizza cluster
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
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  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-135-95985-4
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.: 9910784078703321
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