The horrors of the half-known life : male attitudes toward women and sexuality in nineteenth-century America / G.J. Barker-Benfield.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barker-Benfield, G. J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sex role--United States--History--19th century.

Sex role.

Sex customs--United States--History--19th century.

Sex customs.

Men--United States--Attitudes--History--19th century.

Men.

Gynecology--United States--History--19th century.

Gynecology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (401 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Introduction to the Second Edition; Introduction to the First Edition; 1 The American Man; 2 The Arena; 3 Work and Sex; 4 Democratic Fathers and Democratic Sons; 5 Freedom of Intercourse; 6 Strong Men over Orderly Women; 7 The Absence of Midwives from America; 8 Democratic Doctors; 9 The Rise of Gynecology; 10 Architect of the Vagina; 11 Sexual Surgery; 12 The Reverend John Todd; 13 Primers for Anxiety; 14 Todd's Masturbation Phobia; 15 The Spermatic Economy and Proto-Sublimation; 16 Men Earn-Women Spend; 17 Woman's Refinement

18 Sex and Anarchy19 From Mother to Mother Earth; 20 Dr. Gardner's Education; 21 Gardner's Career; 22 The Physical Decline of American Women; 23 Punishing Women; 24 The Great Organ of Communication; Notes to Chapters; Index

Notes:

Originally published: 1st ed. New York : Harper & Row, c1976. With new introd.

"Second edition"--P. xi.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-135-95985-4

1-135-95986-2

1-280-11543-2

0-203-00980-0

9780203009802

OCLC:

437065937