The Horrors of the Half-Known Life : Male Attitudes Toward Women and Sexuality in 19th. Century America

Name: The Horrors of the Half-Known Life:Male Attitudes Toward Women and Sexuality in 19th. Century America
ISBN: 9780203009802

doi:10.4324/9780203009802

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ABSTRACT

Now a classic in the field, The Horrors of the Half-Known Life is an important foundational text in the construction of masculinity, female identity, and the history of midwivery.

The Horrors of the Half-Known Life

ABSTRACT

TABLE OF CONTENTS

part |2 pages

Part I The Sexes in Tocqueville’s America

chapter 1|4 pages

chapter 2|10 pages

chapter 3|4 pages

chapter 4|14 pages

chapter 5|8 pages

chapter 6|12 pages

part |2 pages

Part II From Midwives to Gynecologists

chapter 7|10 pages

chapter 8|8 pages

chapter 9|10 pages

chapter 10|28 pages

chapter 11|12 pages

part |2 pages

Part III The Lightning-Rod Man

chapter 12|20 pages

chapter 13|8 pages

chapter 14|12 pages

chapter 15|14 pages

chapter 16|8 pages

chapter 17|6 pages

chapter 18|12 pages

chapter 19|12 pages

part |2 pages

Part IV Augustus Kinsley Gardner

chapter 20|14 pages

chapter 21|12 pages

chapter 22|20 pages

chapter 23|20 pages

chapter 24|12 pages