Taming Passion for the Public Good : Policing Sex in the Early Republic /
"Kann's latest tour de force explores the ambivalence, during the founding of our nation, about whether political freedom should augur sexual freedom. Tracing the roots of patriarchal sexual repression back to revolutionary America, Kann asks highly contemporary questions about the boundar...
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
NYU Press,
2013.
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Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | "Kann's latest tour de force explores the ambivalence, during the founding of our nation, about whether political freedom should augur sexual freedom. Tracing the roots of patriarchal sexual repression back to revolutionary America, Kann asks highly contemporary questions about the boundaries between public and private life, suggesting, provocatively, that political and sexual freedom should go hand in hand."--Ben Agger, University of Texas at Arlington The American Revolution was fought in the name of liberty |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (248 pages). |
ISBN: | 9780814759462 |