Teaching America about sex : marriage guides and sex manuals from the late Victorians to Dr. Ruth / M.E. Melody and Linda M. Peterson.

Author/creator Melody, Michael Edward
Other author Peterson, Linda Mary, 1947-
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : New York University Press, ©1999.
Descriptionxii, 286 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents The late Victorians and the spermatic political economy / Henry Hanchett, John Harvey Kellogg, Henry Guernsey -- "No gods no masters": Margaret Sanger and America's sexual future / Margaret Sanger -- The 1920s and America's first sexual eruption / Joseph Collins ... [et al.] -- Sexual eruption and then reaction: the interwar years / Theodore van de Velde -- One step forward, two steps back: sex and pleasure in the 1950s / Hannah M. Stone and Abraham Stone, Eustace Chesser -- Sexual upheaval in the 1960s: counterculture, counter-sex / David Reuben -- Joy through peak experiences in the 1970s / Alex Comfort -- Does pleasure demand the conjunction of particular body parts? Gay and lesbian sex / Charles Silverstein ... [et al.] -- Another reaction: Dr. Ruth defends marriage / Ruth Westheimer -- On penetrative power.
Local noteLittle-325205--305131044389+
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 265-274) and index.
LCCN 99006300
ISBN0814755321 (cloth : alk. paper)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks HQ56 .M365 1999 ✔ Available Place Hold