Heather Stanley

Sex and the Married Girl

Heterosexual Marriage and the Body in Postwar Canada

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines how embodied, heterosexual, married sexual experiences were constructed for, and by, Canadian women in the postwar era.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 513g
• ISBN-13: 9781487501198
• ISBN-10: 1487501196
• Artikelnr.: 63661801

Autorenporträt

Heather Stanley is an assistant professor in the Department of History at the University of Lethbridge.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations
List of Abbreviations
Acknowledgments
1. Breaking Free from the "Nostalgia Trap": History and the Paradox of
Female Sexuality in the Postwar World
2. Embodying Family Values: The Canadian Medical Association Journal and
the Creation of the "Mother Body"
3. Sex, Marriage, and the "One Flesh" Body: Married Sexuality in the
Anglican, United, and Roman Catholic Denominations
4. Bringing Down Goliath: Oral Histories and the Engagement of Individual
Bodies with the Ideal
5. Conclusion: Making Good (Sex)
Appendix: Interview Data
Bibliography
Index