The facts of life : the creation of sexual knowledge in Britain, 1650-1950 / Roy Porter and Lesley H...
The facts of life : the creation of sexual knowledge in Britain, 1650-1950 / Roy Porter and Lesley H...
The facts of life : the creation of sexual knowledge in Britain, 1650-1950 / Roy Porter and Lesley Hall.
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New Haven : Yale University Press, 1995.
Date
1995.
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N306.70941/11
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Language
English
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Physical content
xii, 415 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Pt. I. From the Restoration to Victoria --Introduction: Histories of Sex. 1. Contexts: from the Restoration to the Accession of Queen Victoria. 2. Medical Folklore in High and Low Culture: Aristotle's Master-Piece. 3. Doctors and the Medicalization of Sex in the Enlightenment. 4. Masturbation in the...
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Publisher
New Haven : Yale University Press, 1995.
Place of Publication
Connecticut
Date Published
1995.
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Summary
The Facts of Life also assesses the wider impact of the publication of sexual knowledge and especially of sex advice literature, and explores the interplay between expertise, therapy, social mores and behaviour. Chapters on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries discuss prostitution, contagious diseases and gender relations, and consider debates on...
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The facts of life : the creation of sexual knowledge in Britain, 1650-1950 / Roy Porter and Lesley Hall.
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Includes index.
Bibliography: p. [354]-397.
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N306.70941/11
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74VKRbXAgKjA
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ISBN
0300062214
9780300062212
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306.70941
MMS ID
991023246319702626
