Celibacies : American Modernism and Sexual Life /

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In this innovative study, Benjamin Kahan traces the elusive history of modern celibacy. Arguing that celibacy is a distinct sexuality with its own practices and pleasures, Kahan shows it to be much more than the renunciation of sex or a cover for homosexuality. Celibacies focuses on a diverse group...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Kahan, Benjamin (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durham : Duke University Press, 2013.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Arts > Political aspects.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
MEDICAL > Preventive Medicine.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Reference.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Holism.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Healthy Living.
Continence > Aspect politique > États-Unis.
Arts > Political aspects > United States > History > 20th century.
Celibacy > Political aspects > United States.
Sexual abstinence > Political aspects > United States.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The long duree of celibacy : Boston marriage, female friendship, and the invention of homosexuality
  • Celibate time
  • The other Harlem Renaissance : father Divine, celibate economics, and the making of Black sexuality
  • The celibate American : closetedness, emigration, and queer citizenship before Stonewall
  • Philosophical bachelorhood, philosophical spinsterhood, and celibate modernity.

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