ISBN:
9780691027784
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (288 p.)
Series Statement:
Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International, and Comparative Perspectives
Series Statement:
Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International, and Comparative Perspectives Ser v.26
Parallel Title:
Print version Imperiled Innocents : Anthony Comstock and Family Reproduction in Victorian America
DDC:
306/.0973
Keywords:
Censorship ; United States ; History ; 19th century
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Child rearing ; Moral and ethical aspects
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Comstock, Anthony ; 1844-1915
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Social mobility ; United States
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United States ; Moral conditions ; History ; 19th century
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United States ; Social life and customs ; 1865-1918
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Moral reform movements claiming to protect children began to emerge in the United States over a century ago, most notably when Anthony Comstock and his supporters crusaded to restrict the circulation of contraception, information on the sexual rights of women, and "obscene" art and literature. Much of their rhetoric influences debates on issues surrounding children and sexuality today. Drawing on Victorian accounts of pregnant girls, prostitutes, Free Lovers, and others deemed "immoral," Nicola Beisel argues that rhetoric about the moral corruption of children speaks to an ongoing parental co
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