Teaching America about sex : marriage guides and sex manuals from the late Victorians to Dr. Ruth
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Melody, Michael Edward.
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Peterson, Linda Mary, 1947-
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General Shelving - 3rd Floor
HQ56 .M365 1999
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LC Subjects
Handbooks and manuals.
Sex instruction -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. -- History.
OCLC Fast Subjects
Handbooks and manuals
History
United States
Other Subjects
Gidsen (naslagwerken)
Guides et manuels.
Handbook
handbooks.
Information provision.
Seksuele voorlichting.
Sex Education -- history
Sex education.
Sex Manuals
United States

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xii, 286 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-274) and index.
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"This witty and provocative study of sex and marriage manuals reveals the patterns of permissiveness and prohibition, and, tellingly, the mechanisms of suasion and enforcement - from sermons and hellfire to mutilation and electroshock - that have informed popular sex education over the past hundred and twenty years." "From the roaring '20s to the 1960s sexual revolution and after, Teaching America about Sex reveals that, even as sexual behavior changed during periods of upheaval, the prescriptive literature on sex has remained traditional at its core, promoting primarily sex within marriage for the purpose of reproduction."--Jacket.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Melody, M. E., & Peterson, L. M. (1999). Teaching America about sex: marriage guides and sex manuals from the late Victorians to Dr. Ruth . New York University Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Melody, Michael Edward and Linda Mary Peterson. 1999. Teaching America About Sex: Marriage Guides and Sex Manuals From the Late Victorians to Dr. Ruth. New York: New York University Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Melody, Michael Edward and Linda Mary Peterson. Teaching America About Sex: Marriage Guides and Sex Manuals From the Late Victorians to Dr. Ruth New York: New York University Press, 1999.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

Melody, M. E. and Peterson, L. M. (1999). Teaching america about sex: marriage guides and sex manuals from the late victorians to dr. ruth. New York: New York University Press.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Melody, Michael Edward., and Linda Mary Peterson. Teaching America About Sex: Marriage Guides and Sex Manuals From the Late Victorians to Dr. Ruth New York University Press, 1999.

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