Primers for Prudery: Sexual Advice to Victorian America

by Ronald G. Walters

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In Primers for Prudery Ronald G. Walters examines the historical and social context as well as the substance of sexual advice manuals in nineteenth-century America. Allowing the authors of these manuals to speak for themselves--with generous excerpts by contemporary authorities on subjects ranging from the virtues of celibacy to the vices of masturbation--Walters offers his readers a complex reading of the Victorian prudery referred to in...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0801863481

ISBN13:9780801863486

Release Date:June 2000

Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press

Length:208 Pages

Weight:0.60 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 5.8" x 8.3"

Related Subjects

Americas Health, Fitness & Dieting Health, Fitness & Dieting History Marriage & Family Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Politics & Social Sciences Psychology Psychology & Counseling Self Help

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