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The first full length study of the history of sexuality in America, Intimate Matters offers trenchant insights into the sexual behavior of Americans, from colonial times to today. D'Emilio and Freedman give us a deeper understanding of how sexuality has dramatically influenced politics and culture throughout our history. ""Fascinating...[D'Emilio and Freedman] marshall their material to chart a gradual but decisive shift in the way Americans have understood sex and its meaning in their lives."" --Barbara Ehrenreich, New York Times Book Review ""[With] comprehensiveness and care ...D'Emilio and Freedman have surveyed the sexual patters for an entire nation across four centuries."" --Martin Bauml Duberman, Nation ""Intimate Matters is comprehensive, meticulous and intelligent."" --Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post Book World ""This book is remarkable...[Intimate Matters] is bound to become the definitive survey of American sexual history for years to come."" --Roy Porter, Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences

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Author:   John D'Emilio ,  Estelle B. Freedman
Publisher:   The University of Chicago Press
Imprint:   University of Chicago Press
Edition:   2nd Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 13.30cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 20.30cm
Weight:   0.526kg
ISBN:  

9780226142647

ISBN 10:   0226142647
Pages:   466
Publication Date:   28 February 1998
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Replaced By:   9780226923802
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
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John D'Emilio is professor emeritus of history and gender and women's studies at University of Illinois at Chicago. A Guggenheim Fellow and a pioneer in the field of gay and lesbian studies, he is the author, coauthor, or editor of numerous books, including Sexual Politics, Sexual Communities and Intimate Matters, which was cited in Justice Anthony Kennedy's opinion in Lawrence v. Texas, the 2003 Supreme Court case overturning US anti-sodomy laws. Both are also published by the University of Chicago Press. Estelle B. Freedman is the Edgar E. Robinson Professor in US History at Stanford University and the author of No Turning Back: The History of Feminism and the Future of Women.

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