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The heart of whiteness : normal sexuality and race in America, 1880-1940 / Julian B. Carter.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Carter, Julian B., 1967-
- Series:
- e-Duke books scholarly collection.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Heterosexuality--United States--History.
- Heterosexuality.
- Sexual ethics--United States--History.
- Sexual ethics.
- Race awareness--United States--History.
- Race awareness.
- White people--Race identity--United States--History.
- White people.
- Social norms.
- Marriage--United States--History.
- Marriage.
- United States--Social conditions--1918-1932.
- United States.
- United States--Social conditions--1933-1945.
- United States--Social conditions--1865-1918.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (231 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Durham : Duke University Press, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A study of the racialized construction of heterosexual normality based on the analysis of medical pamphlets, marriage manuals, and sex-instructional literature.
- Contents:
- Introduction: The search for Norma
- "Barbarians are not nervous"
- The marriage crisis
- Birds, bees, and the future of the race : making whiteness normal
- Epilogue: Regarding racial/erotic politics.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613023056
- 9781283023054
- 1283023059
- 9780822389583
- 0822389584
- OCLC:
- 654969754
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