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Rereading Sex: Battles Over Sexual Knowledge and Suppression in Nineteenth Century America

Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz

A study of nineteenth-century opinions toward human sexuality examines the various viewpoints that shaped American attitudes toward the human body, love, intercourse, masturbation, contraception, abortion, free love, and erotica.

Gender & SexualityGender & Sexuality · high confidenceGender & Sexuality81 signalsLlm Classifier: Gender & Sexuality -> Gender & SexualityOpen Library: Sexuality -> Gender & SexualityOpen Library: History -> HistoryGender & FeminismLGBTQ History & LifeReproductive Rights & Family Policy

Award History

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Pulitzer Prize in HistoryMajor2003FinalistSecondary source
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