Title: Intimate matters
First published: 1988
Description: John D'Emilio and Estelle Freedman describe the different sexual worlds of plantation slaves, European immigrants, and the urban middle class, and how sexual matters moved from the privacy of the bedroom to its commercial exploitation and its entry into mass culture. The authors shed light on the complex nature of race, gender, and class inequality. They discuss such issues as white slavery and lynching, how sex has served as a symbol for a wide range of social problems, and how conflicts over sexuality have sometimes shaped the political and cultural contours of an era. D'Emilio and Freedman have drawn on court records, diaries, letters, and popular art and culture to provide both a scholarly interpretation of the history of sexuality and a compelling narrative of the lives of anonymous Americans.--From publisher description.
Subjects: Sex customs, History, Seksualiteit, Sex customs -- United States -- History, Histoire, Sexualverhalten, États-Unis, Vie sexuelle, University of South Alabama, Geschichte, Sex, Sexual Behavior, Sexuality, Sociology, Sex and history, United states, social conditions, 1960-, United states, social life and customs, bibliography, Sex customs--history, Sex customs--united states--history, Hq18.u5 d45 1988, Hq 18.u5 d381 1988, 306.7/0973, General, Lesbian studies, Gay studies, Social sciences -> history -> general, Social sciences -> history -> american history, Social sciences -> social sciences -> lesbian studies, Social sciences -> social sciences -> gay studies
Places: United States