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Making marriage modern women's sexuality from the progressive era to World War II /
Simmons describes the emergence of the 'companionate marriage' which incorporated birth control and an active sexual role for wives. While displacing Victorian marriage and femininity, the companionate ideal prevailed by the 1940s and set the standard against which second-wave feminists re...
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| Format: | eBog |
| Sprog: | English |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
c2009.
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| Serier: | Studies in the history of sexuality.
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| Online adgang: | Click here to view full text |
| Summary: | Simmons describes the emergence of the 'companionate marriage' which incorporated birth control and an active sexual role for wives. While displacing Victorian marriage and femininity, the companionate ideal prevailed by the 1940s and set the standard against which second-wave feminists rebelled. |
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| Emne beskrivelse: | On-campus only: no User ID or password required |
| Fysisk beskrivelse: | 1 online resource (ix, 306 p.) : ill. |
| Bibliografi: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780199869565 (ebook) : |