Making Modern Love : Sexual Narratives and Identities in Interwar Britain /
After the Great War, British men and women grappled with their ignorance about sexuality and desire. Seeking advice and information from doctors, magazines, and each other, they wrote tens of thousands of letters about themselves as sexual subjects. In these letters, they disclosed their uncertainti...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Philadelphia PA :
Temple University Press,
2012.
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Colección: | Sexuality studies.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | After the Great War, British men and women grappled with their ignorance about sexuality and desire. Seeking advice and information from doctors, magazines, and each other, they wrote tens of thousands of letters about themselves as sexual subjects. In these letters, they disclosed their uncertainties, their behaviors, and the role of sexuality in their lives. Their fascinating narratives tell how people sought to unleash their imaginations and fashion new identities. Making Modern Love shows how readers embraced popular media-self-help books, fetish magazines, and advice columns-as a source of. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (259 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9781439908068 1439908060 1439908044 9781439908044 1439908052 9781439908051 |