American Sexual Character : Sex, Gender, and National Identity in the Kinsey Reports.
When Alfred Kinsey's massive studies Sexual Behavior in the Human Male and Sexual Behavior in the Human Female appeared in 1948 and 1953, their detailed data spurred an unprecedented public discussion of the nation's sexual practices and ideologies. As they debated what behaviors were norm...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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2005
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | When Alfred Kinsey's massive studies Sexual Behavior in the Human Male and Sexual Behavior in the Human Female appeared in 1948 and 1953, their detailed data spurred an unprecedented public discussion of the nation's sexual practices and ideologies. As they debated what behaviors were normal or average, abnormal or deviant, Cold War Americans also celebrated and scrutinized the state of their nation, relating apparent changes in sexuality to shifts in its political structure, economy, and people. American Sexual Character employs the studies and the myriad responses they evoked to examine nati. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (308 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-286) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780520930049 0520930045 1598755188 9781598755183 9780520238350 0520238354 1282759213 9781282759213 9786612759215 6612759216 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
