Consuming desire : sexual science and the emergence of a culture of abundance, 1871-1914 / Lawrence Birken.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Birken, Lawrence, 1951-2003, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Sex customs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 167 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, New York ; London : Cornell University Press, [1988]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Consuming Desire investigates why a science of sex emerged when it did at the turn of the twentieth century and delivers a provocative account of the role of sexology in our contemporary culture. Examining key texts in the theories of sexuality, psychoanalysis, evolution, and economics, Lawrence Birken illuminates the intellectual heritage of sexology and the ways in which it is now being pressed into the service of sexual counterrevolutionaries from both the right and the left.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Preface

Introduction

1. The Dissolution of Political Economy

2. The Emergence of Sexology

3. Evolution and Devolution

4. Democratization and Degeneration

5. Sexuality and History

6. Society and Sexology

7. The Disintegration of Holism

Epilogue: "The Sexual Counterrevolution" in Historical Perspective

Selected Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-5017-4547-6

OCLC:

1125109821