Prescription for Heterosexuality : Sexual Citizenship in the Cold War Era /

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In this lively and engaging work, Carolyn Lewis explores how medical practitioners, especially family physicians, situated themselves as the guardians of Americans' sexual well-being during the early years of the Cold War. She argues that many doctors viewed their patients' sexual habits a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lewis, Carolyn Herbst
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2010.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Social conditions
Sex
Married people > Sexual behavior
Heterosexuality
Citizenship
Medecine > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Sexualite > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Heterosexualite > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Sexualite dans le mariage > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Sexual Behavior > history
Heterosexuality > history
History, 20th Century
Paternalism
Physician's Role > history
Sex > United States > History > 20th century.
Heterosexuality > United States > History > 20th century.
Married people > Sexual behavior > United States > History > 20th century.
Citizenship > United States > History > 20th century.
United States
États-Unis > Conditions sociales > 20e siecle.
United States > Social conditions > 20th century.
History
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • American physicians and sexual defense
  • Femininity, frigidity, and female heterosexual health
  • Masculinity, sexual function, and male heterosexual health
  • The premarital pelvic examination
  • Artificial insemination and the American man
  • Epilogue.

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