Sexual Progressives - Reimagining Intimacy in Scotland, 1880-1914

Informationen zum Autor Tanya Cheadle is Lecturer in Gender History at the University of Glasgow Klappentext Sexual Progressives is a major new study of the feminists and socialists who campaigned against the moral conservatism of Victorian Scotland. Drawing on a range of sources, from letters and diaries to radical newspapers and utopian novels, its arguments disrupt current understandings of progressive thought and behaviour in fin de siecle Britain. Zusammenfassung Sexual Progressives is a major new study of the feminists and socialists who campaigned against the moral conservatism of Victorian Scotland. Drawing on a range of sources! from letters and diaries to radical newspapers and utopian novels! its arguments disrupt current understandings of progressive thought and behaviour in fin de siecle Britain. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction1 The reach of the 'unco guid'2 Matrons, maidens and new men3 Re-sexing religion in suburban Glasgow4 Realising a more than earthly paradise of love5 Deeds of daring rectitudeConclusionSelect bibliographyIndex

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Tanya Cheadle
• Con la collaborazione di: Lynn Abrams (Editore)
• Editore: Manchester University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.03.2020
• EAN: 9781526125255
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-2525-5
• Pagine: 248
• Serie: Gender in History
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze sociali, tematiche generali; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; Scotland, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Scotland, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (1837-1901), c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Social and cultural history, Psychology: sexual behaviour, Sexual Behaviour, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Sexuality