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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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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Kann, Mark E. (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: New York : NYU Press, 2013.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 In the Shadow of Patriarchal Authority; 2 Resilient Patriarchal Authority; 3 The Need to Police Sex; 4 Policing Impassioned Men; 5 Policing Women's Sex Lives; 6 Policing Prostitution; 7 The Patriarchal Core of Liberalism; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; Y; About the Author.