Bibliograph

Intimate matters, a history of sexuality in America, John D'Emilio and Estelle B. Freedman

Type

Label

Intimate matters, a history of sexuality in America, John D'Emilio and Estelle B. Freedman

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 445-457) and index

Illustrations

illustrationsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Intimate matters

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

783150238

Responsibility statement

John D'Emilio and Estelle B. Freedman

Sub title

a history of sexuality in America

Summary

"As the first full-length study of the history of sexuality in America, Intimate Matters offers trenchant insights into the sexual behavior of Americans from colonial times to the present. Now, twenty-five years after its first publication, this groundbreaking classic is back in a crucial and updated third edition. With new and extended chapters, D'Emilio and Freedman give us an even deeper understanding of how sexuality has dramatically influenced politics and culture throughout our history and into the present."--Back cover

Table Of Contents

The reproductive matrix, 1600-1800 : Cultural diversity in the era of settlement ; Family life and the regulation of deviance ; Seeds of change -- Divided passions, 1780-1900 : Within the family ; Race and sexuality ; Outside the family ; Sexual politics -- Toward a new sexual order, 1880-1930 : "Civilized morality" under stress ; Crusades for sexual order ; Breaking with the past -- The rise and fall of sexual liberalism, 1920 to the present : Beyond reproduction ; Redrawing the boundaries ; Sexual revolutions ; The sexualized society ; Polarization and conflict ; Politics and personal life at the turn of the century

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