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

By Heather Stanley

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