Rereading Sex: Battles Over Sexual Knowledge and Suppression in Nineteenth-Century America
by Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz
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A study of nineteenth-century opinions toward human sexuality examines the various viewpoints that shaped American attitudes toward the human body, love, intercourse, masturbation, contraception, abortion, free love, and erotica.Tags
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Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz, Sylvia Dlugasch Bauman Professor in American Studies at Smith College, is the recipient of grants and fellowships from, among others, the Radcliffe Institute and the American Antiquarian Society. She has taught at Scripps College and the University of Southern California. She and her husband, Daniel, live in Northampton show more and Cambridge, Massachusetts show less
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- 306.70973 — Society, government, & culture Social sciences, sociology & anthropology Social Behavior - Dating, Marriage, Divorce Sexual relations Biography And History North America United States
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- HQ18 .U5 .H673 — Social sciences The family. Marriage, Women and Sexuality The Family. Marriage. Women Sexual life
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