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1 online resource (xii, 430 pages) : illustrations |
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Gender relations in the American experience |
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Gender relations in the American experience.
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| Contents |
Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I -- Passionate Pilgrims -- Chapter 1 -- ��Chambering and Wantonising�� -- Chapter 2 -- ��A Complete Body of Divinity�� -- Chapter 3 -- ��Pregnant with the Seeds of All Sin�� -- Part II -- Sex and Civility -- Chapter 4 -- ��Living in a State of Nature�� -- Chapter 5 -- The Dangerous Allure of ��Copper-Coloured Beauties�� -- Chapter 6 -- ��The Cameleon Lover�� -- Part III -- The Sexual Revolution -- Chapter 7 -- ��Under the Watch�� |
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€?Chapter 8 -- �A Hint to Young Ladies��Chapter 9 -- ��Martyrdom to Venus�� -- Afterword -- Notes -- Index |
| Summary |
In Sexual revolution in early America, Richard Godbeer boldly overturns conventional wisdom about the sexual values and customs of colonial Americans. His eye-opening historical account spans two centuries and most of British North America, from New England to the Caribbean, exploring the social, political, and legal dynamics that shaped a diverse sexual culture. Drawing on exhaustive research into diaries, letters, and other private papers, as well as legal records and official documents, Godbeer's absorbing narrative uncovers a persistent struggle between the moral authorities and the widespread expression of popular customs and individual urges. Godbeer begins with a discussion of the complex attitude that the Puritans had toward sexuality. Although believing that sex could be morally corrupting, they also considered it to be such an essential element of a healthy marriage that they excommunicated those who denied "conjugal fellowship" to their spouses. He next examines the ways in which race and class affected the debate about sexual mores, from anxieties about Anglo-Indian sexual relations to the sense of sexual entitlement that planters held over their African slaves. He concludes by detailing the fundamental shift in sexual culture during the eighteenth century towards the acceptance of a more individualistic concept of sexual desire and fulfillment. Today's moral critics, in their attempts to convince Americans of the social and spiritual consequences of unregulated sexual behavior, often harken back to a more innocent age; as this groundbreaking work makes clear, America's sexual culture has always been rich, vibrant, and contentious |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-414) and index |
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English |
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Print version record |
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Sex customs -- United States -- History
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Sex role -- United States -- History
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Sex customs -- North America -- History
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Sexual Behavior -- history
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Interpersonal Relations
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Human Sexuality.
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SELF-HELP -- Sexual Instruction.
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Manners and customs
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Sex customs
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Sex role
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Geschlechterrolle
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Sexualverhalten
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Seksueel gedrag.
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Seksuele moraal.
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Vie sexuelle -- Amérique du Nord -- Histoire.
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Vie sexuelle -- États-Unis -- Histoire.
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Rôle selon le sexe -- États-Unis -- Histoire.
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United States -- Social life and customs -- To 1775.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140528
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United States https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014481 |
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North America
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United States
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USA
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États-Unis -- Moeurs et coutumes -- 1600-1775.
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0801875676 |
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9780801875670 |
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0801868009 |
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9780801868009 |
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