ISBN:
9780190945206
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (ix, 280 Seiten)
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Illustrationen
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Hardwick, Julie, 1962 - Sex in an old regime city
DDC:
306.70944
Keywords:
Sex History
;
Courtship History
;
Man-woman relationships History
;
Youth Sexual behavior
;
History
;
Working class Sexual behavior
;
History
;
Sex-France-History
;
Electronic books
;
Frankreich
;
Geschlechtergeschichte
Abstract:
Sex in an Old Regime City is a major reframing of the long history of young people's intimacy. It shows how long- running problems like out-of-wedlock pregnancy were handled very differently in Old Regime France than in more recent centuries. Abortion, infanticide, broken hearts, and conflict with parents and neighbors were key challenges of young people's lives then as now but young couples' efforts to deal with these challenges were supported in pragmatic, often sympathetic, ways by their communities and institutions like local courts, clergy, legal officials, and social welfare managers.
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