| Edition |
1st Vintage Books ed. |
| Description |
x, 514 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Part I : Sexual conversation -- Vernacular sexual culture, commercial erotica, and obscene libel ; Free thought, sexual knowledge, and Evangelical Christianity ; Blasphemy, birth control, and obscenity ; Masturbation scare and the rise of reform physiology -- Part II : New York scene -- New York and the emergence of sporting culture ; Moral reformers ; Sporting weeklies and obscene libel ; Abortion ; Obscenity in the city -- Part III : Additions and complications -- Placing sex at the core of being ; Blurring the boundaries -- Part IV : Sexual knowledge and obscenity in New York and the nation -- Y.M.C.A. of New York, the Civil War, and Anthony Comstock ; Sex talk in the open ; Victoria Woodhull ; Comstock Law ; Comstock's crusade ; Convictions ; Constitutionality and resistance : Bennett, Benedict, and Blatchford. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 445-492) and index. |
| Subject |
Sex customs -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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Sexual ethics -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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| ISBN |
0375701869 (pbk.) |
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