American Sexual Histories

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Paperback, 400 blz. | Engels
John Wiley & Sons | 2e druk, 2011
ISBN13: 9781444339291
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The second edition of
American Sexual Histories features an updated collection of sixteen articles and their corresponding primary sources that investigate issues related to human sexuality in America from the colonial era to the present day.

Fully updated with ten new chapters, featuring recently published essays by prominent scholars in the field
Provides readers with the source documents that historians have analyzed in their articles
Allows readers to see how historians craft arguments based on available sources
Encourages readers to evaluate historical documents, test the interpretations of historians, and draw their own conclusions

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ISBN13:9781444339291
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:paperback
Aantal pagina's:400
Druk:2

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Notes on Contributors x
<p>Acknowledgments xiii</p>
<p>Introduction 1<br /> Elizabeth Reis</p>
<p>Part I Early America 9</p>
<p>1 Bodies in Doubt: Intersex in Early America 11<br /> Elizabeth Reis</p>
<p>Documents:</p>
<p>1.1 Thomas/Thomasine Hall, 1629 25</p>
<p>1.2 James Parsons, A Mechanical and Critical Enquiry into the Nature of Hermaphrodites, 1741 27</p>
<p>1.3 Jane Sharp, The Midwives Book, 1671 29</p>
<p>2 Transgressive Male Sex in Early America 34<br /> Thomas A. Foster</p>
<p>Documents:</p>
<p>2.1 Bestiality Cases in New Haven, Connecticut, 1638 49 47</p>
<p>2.2 "Trunil Him well brother," 1751 52</p>
<p>3 Indian Women, French Women, and the Regulation of Sex 56<br /> Jennifer M. Spear</p>
<p>Documents:</p>
<p>3.1 Journal of Diron d Artaguiette, 1722 3 73</p>
<p>3.2 Duclos to Pontchartrain, December 25, 1715 75</p>
<p>3.3 Lamothe Cadillac to Pontchartrain, October 26, 1713 77</p>
<p>3.4 Louisiana′s Code Noir (1724) 79</p>
<p>4 Rape and Sexual Power in Early America 82<br /> Sharon Block</p>
<p>Documents:</p>
<p>4.1 Testimony against David Clark, 1764 95</p>
<p>4.2 Ephraim Wheeler′s Rape Trial, 1805 96</p>
<p>5 The Overflowing of Friendship 101<br /> Richard Godbeer</p>
<p>Documents:</p>
<p>5.1 Letters of Robert Treat Paine, 1749 114</p>
<p>5.2 Letters of Daniel Webster, 1801 5 116</p>
<p>6 Sex Among the Rabble 122<br /> Clare A. Lyons</p>
<p>Documents:</p>
<p>6.1 Philadelphia Magdalen Society, Minutes, 1807–10 134</p>
<p>6.2 Maria; or, the Seduction, 1796 137</p>
<p>6.3 The Histories of Some of the Penitents in the Magdalen–House, 1760 139</p>
<p>7 White Women, Black Men, and Adultery in the Antebellum South 147<br /> Martha Hodes</p>
<p>Document:</p>
<p>7.1 Lewis Bourne Divorce Petition, 1823–5 161</p>
<p>8 Obscenity, Sex Education, and Medical Democracy in the Antebellum United States 165<br /> April Haynes</p>
<p>Documents:</p>
<p>8.1 Frederick Hollick, The Marriage Guide, 1850 177</p>
<p>8.2 Letters to the Editor about Dr. Frederick Hollick, 1845 183</p>
<p>Part II Modern America 187</p>
<p>9 Miscegenation Law and the Making of Race in America 189<br /> Peggy Pascoe</p>
<p>Documents:</p>
<p>9.1 "Aoki Engaged to Daughter of Prelate," 1909 202</p>
<p>9.2 "Emery Girl Ready to Marry the Japanese," 1909 204</p>
<p>9.3 "Aoki Expects to Wed in Portland," 1909 205</p>
<p>9.4 "Whose Business Is It?" 1909 206</p>
<p>9.5 "A Disgusting Spectacle," 1909 206</p>
<p>9.6 "Aoki′s Inamorata Flits Northward," 1909 207</p>
<p>10 Hysteria: The Revolt of the "Good Girl" 211<br /> Elizabeth Lunbeck</p>
<p>Document:</p>
<p>10.1 The Case of Miss A, 1913–14 224</p>
<p>11 When Abortion Was Illegal 230<br /> Leslie J. Reagan</p>
<p>Documents:</p>
<p>11.1 A Maryland Abortionist Gets No Pardon, 1904 243</p>
<p>11.2 Dying Declarations Obtained in Abortion Case as Condition to Rendering Aid, 1909 244</p>
<p>11.3 Comments of "Esther E.," 1920 245</p>
<p>12 Contraceptive Consumers 247<br /> Andrea Tone</p>
<p>Documents:</p>
<p>12.1 Advertisements for Lysol, 1932, 1933 260</p>
<p>12.2 Facts and Frauds in Women′s Hygiene, 1936 262</p>
<p>12.3 What Do the American Women Think about Birth Control? 1938 264</p>
<p>12.4 The Dilex Speech, 1938 268</p>
<p>13 Lesbian Pulp Novels and US Lesbian Identity 270<br /> Yvonne Keller</p>
<p>Documents:</p>
<p>13.1 Radclyffe Hall, The Well of Loneliness, 1928 285</p>
<p>13.2 Tereska Torres, Women′s Barracks, 1950 288</p>
<p>13.3 Ann Bannon, Beebo Brinker, 1962 291</p>
<p>14 Sex Change and the Popular Press 294<br /> Joanne Meyerowitz</p>
<p>Documents:</p>
<p>14.1 Girl Changes into Man, 1936 309</p>
<p>14.2 Psychopathia Transexualis, 1949 311</p>
<p>14.3 New Sex Switches: Behind the Sensational Headlines Loom Unpleasant Medical Facts, 1954 316</p>
<p>14.4 I Want to Become a Woman, 1956 317</p>
<p>15 The Population Bomb and the Sexual Revolution 320<br /> Rickie Solinger</p>
<p>Documents:</p>
<p>15.1 The Slavery of Sex Freedom: America s Moral Crisis, 1957 335</p>
<p>15.2 Are We Still Stereotyping the Unmarried Mother? 1960 338</p>
<p>15.3 Population Crisis: Hearings before the Subcommittee on Foreign</p>
<p>Aid Expenditures of the Committee on Government Operations, 1965 341</p>
<p>16 Marketing Safe Sex 345<br /> Jennifer Brier</p>
<p>Documents:</p>
<p>16.1 "Can We Talk?" 1983 361</p>
<p>16.2 "Information for People of Color, 1987" 363</p>
<p>16.3 Promoting Condoms for Gay Men, 1987 364</p>
<p>Source Acknowledgments 368</p>
<p>Index 372</p>
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