ISBN:
9780415925006
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0415925002
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0203009800
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9780203009802
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (lvi, 352 p.)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Print version Horrors of the half-known life
DDC:
305.3097309034
Keywords:
Sex role History
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19th century
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United States
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Sex customs History
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19th century
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United States
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Men Attitudes
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History
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19th century
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United States
;
Gynecology History
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19th century
;
United States
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Sex customs History 19th century
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Men Attitudes 19th century
;
History
;
Gynecology History 19th century
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Sex role History 19th century
;
Sex role History 19th century
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Gynecology History 19th century
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Sex customs History 19th century
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Men Attitudes 19th century
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History
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Gender Identity
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Gynecology History
;
Costumbres sexuales Historia
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Siglo XIX
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Estados Unidos
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Hombres Actitudes
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Historia
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Siglo XIX
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Estados Unidos
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Ginecología Historia
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Siglo XIX
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Estados Unidos
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United States
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Men ; Attitudes
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Sex customs
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Sex role
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Gynecology
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Gender Studies
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History
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United States
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United States
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Electronic books History
Abstract:
Now a classic in the field, The Horrors of the Half-Known Life is an important foundational text in the construction of masculinity, female identity, and the history of midwivery
Abstract:
PART I: THE SEXES IN TOCQUEVILLE'S AMERICA: The American man -- The arena -- Work and sex -- Democratic fathers and democratic sons -- Freedom of intercourse -- Strong men over orderly women -- PART II: FROM MIDWIVES TO GYNECOLOGISTS: The absence of midwives from America -- Democratic doctors -- The rise of gynecology -- Architect of the vagina -- Sexual surgery -- PART III: THE LIGHTNING-ROD MAN: The Reverend John Todd -- Primers for anxiety -- Todd's masturbation phobia -- The spermatic economy and proto-sublimation -- Men earn, women spend -- Woman's refinement -- Sex and anarchy -- From mother to mother earth -- PART IV: AUGUSTUS KINSLEY GARDNER: Dr. Gardner's education -- Garnder's career -- The physical decline of American women -- Punishing women -- The great organ of communication.
Description / Table of Contents:
PART I: THE SEXES IN TOCQUEVILLE'S AMERICA: The American manThe arena -- Work and sex -- Democratic fathers and democratic sons -- Freedom of intercourse -- Strong men over orderly women -- PART II: FROM MIDWIVES TO GYNECOLOGISTS: The absence of midwives from America -- Democratic doctors -- The rise of gynecology -- Architect of the vagina -- Sexual surgery -- PART III: THE LIGHTNING-ROD MAN: The Reverend John Todd -- Primers for anxiety -- Todd's masturbation phobia -- The spermatic economy and proto-sublimation -- Men earn, women spend -- Woman's refinement -- Sex and anarchy -- From mother to mother earth -- PART IV: AUGUSTUS KINSLEY GARDNER: Dr. Gardner's education -- Garnder's career -- The physical decline of American women -- Punishing women -- The great organ of communication.
Note:
Originally published: 1st ed. New York : Harper & Row, c1976. With new introd. - "Second edition"--P. xi. - Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Originally published: 1st ed. New York : Harper & Row, c1976. With new introd
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