Intimate Matters
A History of Sexuality in America, Third Edition
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Intimate Matters
A History of Sexuality in America, Third Edition
A groundbreaking history of American sexuality that Barbara Ehrenreich calls "fascinating"!
As the first full-length study of the history of sexuality in America, Intimate Matters offered trenchant insights into the sexual behavior of Americans from colonial times to the present. In this fully up-to-date edition of the classic work, John D’Emilio and Estelle B. Freedman give us an even deeper understanding of how sexuality has dramatically influenced politics and culture throughout our history and into the present.
As the first full-length study of the history of sexuality in America, Intimate Matters offered trenchant insights into the sexual behavior of Americans from colonial times to the present. In this fully up-to-date edition of the classic work, John D’Emilio and Estelle B. Freedman give us an even deeper understanding of how sexuality has dramatically influenced politics and culture throughout our history and into the present.
Hailed by critics for its comprehensive approach and cited by the US Supreme Court in the landmark Lawrence v. Texas ruling, Intimate Matters is a landmark work, offering readers insight into changes in sexuality and the ongoing growth of individual freedoms in the United States through meticulous research and lucid prose.
Reviews
Table of Contents
Preface to the Second Edition
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I. THE REPRODUCTIVE MATRIX. 1600-1800
1. Cultural Diversity in the Era of Settlement
2. Family Life and the Regulation of Deviance
3. Seeds of Change
Part II. DIVIDED PASSIONS, 1780-1900
4. Within the Family
5. Race and Sexuality
6. Outside the Family
7. Sexual Politics
Part III. TOWARD A NEW SEXUAL ORDER, 1880-1930
8. "Civilized Morality" Under Stress
9. Crusades for Sexual Order
10. Breaking with the Past
Part IV: THE RISE AND FALL OF SEXUAL LIBERALISM, 1920 TO THE PRESENT
1 1. Beyond Reproduction
12. Redrawing the Boundaries
13. Sexual Revolutions
14. The Sexualized Society
15. The Contemporary Political Crisis
Afterword
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I. THE REPRODUCTIVE MATRIX. 1600-1800
1. Cultural Diversity in the Era of Settlement
2. Family Life and the Regulation of Deviance
3. Seeds of Change
Part II. DIVIDED PASSIONS, 1780-1900
4. Within the Family
5. Race and Sexuality
6. Outside the Family
7. Sexual Politics
Part III. TOWARD A NEW SEXUAL ORDER, 1880-1930
8. "Civilized Morality" Under Stress
9. Crusades for Sexual Order
10. Breaking with the Past
Part IV: THE RISE AND FALL OF SEXUAL LIBERALISM, 1920 TO THE PRESENT
1 1. Beyond Reproduction
12. Redrawing the Boundaries
13. Sexual Revolutions
14. The Sexualized Society
15. The Contemporary Political Crisis
Afterword
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index