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Making marriage modern : women's sexuality from the Progressive Era to World War II / Christina Simmons.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Leigh, Lora.
- Series:
- Studies in the history of sexuality.
- Studies in the history of sexuality
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sex in marriage--United States--History--20th century.
- Sex in marriage.
- Marriage--United States--History--20th century.
- Marriage.
- Sex customs--United States--History--20th century.
- Sex customs.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (319 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Simmons describes the emergence of the 'companionate marriage' which incorporated birth control and an active sexual role for wives. While displacing Victorian marriage and femininity, the companionate ideal prevailed by the 1940s and set the standard against which second-wave feminists rebelled.
- Contents:
- Education for social hygiene
- Sex radical challenges to marriage
- Companionate marriage
- Modern marriage: three visions
- Sexual advice for modern marriage
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-294) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-987403-4
- 0-19-974564-1
- 1-282-26734-5
- 6612267348
- 0-19-972355-9
- 9786612267345
- OCLC:
- 438101286
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