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The horrors of the half-known life : male attitudes toward women and sexuality in nineteenth-century America /
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.
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| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The horrors of the half-known life : |b male attitudes toward women and sexuality in nineteenth-century America / |c G.J. Barker-Benfield. |
| 260 | |a New York : |b Routledge, |c 2000. | ||
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| 500 | |a Originally published: 1st ed. New York : Harper & Row, ©1976. With new introd. | ||
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a 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. | |
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