Sex Seen - The Emergence of Modern Sexuality in America

List of contents

Acknowledgments 
1. Pulling off the Bedclothes 
2. The Adjustable Bed 
3· The Twentieth-Century Way 
4· Why Mr. Nation Wants a Divorce 
5· The Soubrette's Slide 
Conclusion 
Notes 
Index 
 

About the author

Sharon Ullman is Assistant Professor of History at Bryn Mawr College.

Summary

Provides a complex and intriguing account of the changes that have taken place in the social construction of sexuality during the past century. In tracing the birth of modern sexuality, this work chronicles the dynamics of social change during this cultural moment and explains the shifts in the sexual ethos of turn-of-the-century America.

Product details

• Authors: Sharon Ullman, Sharon R. Ullman, Ullman Sharon R.
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.1998
• EAN: 9780520209558
• ISBN: 978-0-520-20955-8
• No. of pages: 200
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, HISTORY / United States / General, United States of America, USA, Gender studies, gender groups, History of the Americas