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Sexual progressives : reimagining intimacy in Scotland, 1880-1914 / Tanya Cheadle.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cheadle, Tanya, author.
- Series:
- Gender in history.
- Gender in history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sex customs--Scotland--History--19th century.
- Sex customs.
- Sex customs--Scotland--History--20th century.
- Sexual ethics--Scotland--History--19th century.
- Sexual ethics.
- Sexual ethics--Scotland--History--20th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (ix, 233 pages) : illustrations (black and white), digital, PDF file(s).
- Place of Publication:
- Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2020.
- Summary:
- 'Sexual Progressives' is a study of the feminists and socialists who campaigned against the moral conservatism of Victorian Scotland. Drawing on a range of sources, from letters and diaries to radical newspapers and utopian novels, its arguments disrupt current understandings of progressive thought and behaviour in fin de siecle Britain.
- Contents:
- The reach of the 'unco guid'
- Matrons, maidens and new men
- Re-sexing religion in suburban Glasgow
- Realising a more than earthly paradise of love
- Deeds of daring rectitude.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on June 5, 2026).
- ISBN:
- 9781526125279
- 1526125277
- 9781526152060
- 1526152061
- 9781526125262
- 1526125269
- OCLC:
- 1145278730
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