Sexual Revolution in Early America (Gender Relations in the American Experience)
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| Rating | : | 4.54 (962 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0801878918 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 448 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-01-20 |
| Language | : | English |
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Richard Godbeer is a professor of history at the University of California, Riverside.
(Joan R. (Lisa M. Godbeer describes a remarkably varied pattern of sexual theory and practice in British North America, detailing both regional differences and change over time. (Mary Beth Norton, Cornell University)Godbeer's is the first serious assessment of the role of sex in Puritan thought and behavior. (Janet Moore Lindman Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography)Sexual Revolution in Early America is the most comprehensive study of colonial sexuality to date. Gundersen H-Women, H-Net Re
For example, although believing that sex could be morally corrupting, they also considered it to be such an essential element of a healthy marriage that they excommunicated those who denied "conjugal fellowship" to their spouses. Today's moral critics, in their attempts to convince Americans of the social and spiritual consequences of unregulated sexual behavior, often harken back to a more innocent age; as this groundbreaking work makes clear, America's sexual culture has always been rich, vibrant, and contentious.. Charles Woodmason, an Anglican minister in South Carolina in 1766, described the region as a "stage of debauchery" in which polygamy was "very common," "concubinage general," and "bastardy no disrepute." These depictions of colonial North America's sexual culture sharply contradict the stereotype of Puritanical abstinence that persists in the popular imagination.In Sexual Revolution in Early America, Richard Godbeer boldly overturns conventional wisdom about the sexual values and customs of colonial Americans. He next examines the ways in which race and class affected the debate about sexual mores, from anxieties about Anglo-Indian sexual relations to the sense of sexual entitlement that planters held over their Afri
Douglas S. Wood said Unique and Surprising Look at Early American Life. The title's reference to a sexual revolution may be somewhat of a misnomer, but Godbeer provides exceptional insight into what Puritans thought, said and did sexually. Godbeer provides ample evidence to debunk the view of Puritans is the dour uptight anti-sexual stereotype, a view largely created in the 19th century by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The Puritans explici. a vivid window on early American sexuality This is a very readable and yet sophisticated look at what early Americans thought about sex. It covers the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, also ranges from New England through the southern colonies. It's full of insightful comments about attitudes to gender as well as sex, including what we now call homosexuality and the links between religious belief a. CJJ said Sex, Sex and more Sex. Interesting book into the sexual practices of various colonial groups in Early America. Gave me a whole new perspective on the Puritans and the role of sex in their daily lives. Very interesting read and a much different approach than a traditional history book