Foreword |
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Preface |
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A Note about the Cover |
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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS |
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PART ONE Introduction: Voices in the Sexual Conversation in Antebellum America |
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Voices in the Public Deliberation of Sex: The Four Frameworks |
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5 | (18) |
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Coda: The Comstock Law of 1873 |
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PART TWO The Documents |
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1. Voices in the Sexual Conversation: The Four Frameworks |
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The First Framework: Vernacular Sexuality |
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1. From Aristotle's Master-piece, 1741 |
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The Second Framework: Evangelical Christianity |
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2. Lyman Beecher, From A Reformation of Morals Practicable and Indispensable, 1812, and From Resources of the Adversary and Means of Their Destruction, 1827 |
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3. Lyman Beecher, The Perils of Atheism to the Nation, 1830 |
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The Third Framework: Reform Physiology |
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4. Frances Wright, Nashoba, Explanatory Notes, &c. Continued, February 6, 1828 |
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5. Frances Wright, On the Nature of Knowledge, 1829 |
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6. Robert Dale Owen, From Moral Physiology, 1831 |
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7. Charles Knowlton, From Fruits of Philosophy, 1832 |
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Christian Reform Physiology |
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8. Sylvester Graham, On the Science of Human Life, 1834 |
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9. Sylvester Graham, On Self-Pollution, 1834 |
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10. Luther V. Bell, M.D., From An Hour's Conference with Fathers and Sons, 1840 |
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11. Mary S. Gove [Nichols], From Solitary Vice, 1839 |
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12. Charles Knowlton, Gonorrhoea Dormientium, August 10, 1842 |
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New Voices at Mid-Century |
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13. William Andrus Alcott, From The Physiology of Marriage, 1856 |
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14. Lorenzo N. Fowler, From The Principles of Phrenology and Physiology Applied to Man's Social Relations, 1842 |
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15. Lorenzo N. Fowler, From Marriage: Its History and Ceremonies, 1846 |
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16. Orson S. Fowler, From Love and Parentage, 1851 |
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17. Frederick Hollick, From The Origin of Life, 1845 |
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18. Frederick Hollick, From The Marriage Guide, 1859 |
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The Fourth Framework: Sex at the Center of Life |
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19. Thomas L. Nichols, M.D., From Esoteric Anthropology, 1854 |
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20. Thomas L. Nichols and Mary S. Gove Nichols, From Marriage, 1854 |
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2. Controversy and Commerce |
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21. Madame Restell, Advertisements, March 2, 1842 |
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22. From The Magdalen Report, 1831 |
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23. Sunday Flash, Lives of the Nymphs, No. 11: Amanda Green, October 17, 1841 |
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24. Whip, Excerpts, July 9, 1842 |
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25. Whip, Our Tenth Walk about Town; or, Nights in Gotham, December 24, 1842 |
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26. Whip, Sodomites, January 29, 1842 |
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27. Flash, Our Indictments, December 11, 1841 |
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28. P.F. Harris, Advertisement, February 19, 1855 |
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29. George Thompson, From The Mysteries of Bond Street, 1857 |
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30. Dr. J. Henry, Henry's Private Adviser, 1856 |
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31. Julia Gaylove, Inez de Castro, May 23, 1857 |
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32. Jean Rosseau, Advertisements, January 31, 1857 |
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3. Coda: The Comstock Law of 1873 |
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33. U.S. Congress, An Act for the Suppression of Trade in, and Circulation of Obscene Literature and Articles of Immoral Use, March 3, 1873 |
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APPENDIXES |
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A Chronology of the Literature of Sexual Conversation in Antebellum America (1684-1873) |
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161 | (3) |
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Questions for Consideration |
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164 | (2) |
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166 | (7) |
Index |
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