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What adolescents ought to know : sexual health texts in early twentieth-century America / Jennifer Burek Pierce.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Burek Pierce, Jennifer, author.
- Series:
- Studies in print culture and the history of the book.
- Print culture and the history of the book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fournier, Alfred, 1832-1914.
- Fournier, Alfred.
- Sex instruction for teenagers--United States--History--20th century--Sources.
- Sex instruction for teenagers.
- Sex instruction for teenagers--France--History--20th century--Sources.
- Sexual health--Study and teaching--United States--History--20th century--Sources.
- Sexual health.
- Sexually transmitted diseases--United States--Prevention--History--20th century--Sources.
- Sexually transmitted diseases.
- Books and reading--United States--History--20th century.
- Books and reading.
- Written communication--United States--History--20th century.
- Written communication.
- Teenagers--Books and reading--United States--History--20th century--Sources.
- Teenagers.
- Teenagers--Health and hygiene--United States--History--20th century--Sources.
- Teenagers--Sexual behavior--United States--History--20th century--Sources.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiii, 237 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- First edition
- Other Title:
- Sexual health texts in early twentieth-century America
- Sexual health texts in early 20th century America
- Place of Publication:
- Amherst, [Massachusetts] ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : University of Massachusetts Press, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In 1901, Dr.Alfred Fournier committed an act both simple and revolutionary: he wrote For Our Sons, When They Turn 18, a sexual and reproductive health treatise based on his clinical work at a leading Paris hospital.If this booklet aided adolescent understanding of health, it also encouraged reformers around the world to publish.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: French Origins of International Sexual Health Communication with Adolescents
- Chapter 2: Initial Transnational Intersections:French Texts and American Culture
- Chapter 3: Social Hygiene vs. the Sexual Plagues in Indiana and the World
- Chapter 4: What Young Readers Ought to Know:The Successful Selling of Sex Education
- Chapter 5: Battling Books: Censorship, Conservatism,and Market Competition
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-226) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-61376-185-6
- OCLC:
- 794700521
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