Consuming Desire : Sexual Science and the Emergence of a Culture of Abundance, 1871-1914.

Consuming Desire : Sexual Science and the Emergence of a Culture of Abundance, 1871-1914.

Consuming Desire investigates why a science of sex emerged when it did at the turn of the twentieth century and delivers a provocative account of the role of sexology in our contemporary culture. Examining key texts in the theories of sexuality, psychoanalysis, evolution, and economics, Lawrence Bir...

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Main Author: Birken, Lawrence
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2019.
Subjects:
1800-1999
Sex customs > United States > History > 19th century.
Sexual ethics > United States > History > 19th century.
Sexual ethics > United States > History > 20th century.
Sex.
Sex customs > United States > History > 20th century.
sexuality.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural & Social.
Sexual ethics
Sex
Sex customs
Kultur
Kulturwandel
Sexualverhalten
Sexualwissenschaft
Sozialer Wandel
Consumptiemaatschappij.
Seksualiteit.
Seksuele gebruiken.
Geschichte (1871-1914).
United States
USA
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Consuming Desire; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1. The Dissolution of Political Economy; 2. The Emergence of Sexology; 3. Evolution and Devolution; 4. Democratization and Degeneration; 5. Sexuality and History; 6. Society and Sexology; 7. The Disintegration of Holism; Epilogue: ""The Sexual Counterrevolution"" in Historical Perspective; Selected Bibliography; Index

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