Intimate Matters A History of Sexuality in America

Name: Intimate Matters A History of Sexuality in America
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ISBN: 9780226142647

ISBN-10: 0226142647

ISBN-13: 9780226142647

Edition: 2nd 1997 (Reprint)

Authors: John D'Emilio, Estelle B. Freedman

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The first full length study of the history of sexuality in America, Intimate Matters offers trenchant insights into the sexual behavior of Americans, from colonial times to today. D'Emilio and Freedman give us a deeper understanding of how sexuality has dramatically influenced politics and culture throughout our history."The book John D'Emilio co-wrote with Estelle B. Freedman, Intimate Matters, was cited by Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy when, writing for a majority of court on July 26, he and his colleagues struck down a Texas law criminalizing sodomy. The decision was widely hailed as a victory for gay rights—and it derived in part, according to Kennedy's written comments, from…

Book details

List price: $25.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 2/28/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 466
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.00" long x 1.70" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English



Preface to the Second Edition


Acknowledgments


Introduction



The Repoductive Matrix, 1600-1800



Cultural Diversity in the Era of Settlement



Family Life and the Refulation of Deviance



Seeds of Change



Divided Passions, 1780-1900



Within the Family



Race and Sexuality



Outside the Family



Sexual Politics



Toward a New Sexual Order, 1880-1930



""Civilized Morality"" Under Stress



Crusades for Sexual Order



Breaking with the Past



The Rise and Fall of Sexual Liberalism, 1920