Sex and the Civil War : soldiers, pornography, and the making of American morality / Judith Giesberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Giesberg, Judith Ann, 1966- author.

Series:

Steven and Janice Brose lectures in the Civil War era

The Steven and Janice Brose lectures in the Civil War era

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pornography--Social aspects--United States--History--19th century.

Pornography.

Pornography--Moral and ethical aspects--United States--History--19th century.

Pornography--Law and legislation--United States--History--19th century.

Obscenity (Law)--United States--History--19th century.

Obscenity (Law).

Social norms--United States--History--19th century.

Social norms.

Sexual ethics--United States--History--19th century.

Sexual ethics.

Sex--Social aspects--United States--History--19th century.

Sex.

Vice control.

History.

Psychological aspects.

Sex--Social aspects.

Pornography--Law and legislation.

Pornography--Moral and ethical aspects.

Pornography--Social aspects.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Social aspects.

United States.

Social aspects.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Psychological aspects.

Vice control--United States--History--19th century.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xiii, 135 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2017]

Contents:

Lewd, wicked, scandalous: American pornography comes of age

Storming the enemy's breastworks: Civil War courts-martial and the sexual culture of the U.S. Army camp

True courage: Anthony Comstock and the crisis of the war

Outraged manhood of our age: the postwar antipornography campaign.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781469631271

146963127X

OCLC:

948805332