Rules Of Desire by Cate Haste

Rules Of Desire by Cate Haste

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Beginning with the Edwardian theorists, like Edward Carpenter and Havelock Ellis, this work tells the history of changing sexual attitudes in twentieth century Britain. It sets private experience against well-known cases - from Lady Chatterley to Profumo, Thorpe and Archer - and against the dictates of the churches, courts and media.

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Rules Of Desire by Cate Haste

The Free Love Debate; the sex psychologists; the Bright Young Things; homosexual life in the Thirties; secret sex and World War II; the Sixties and the pill; gay rights; rape laws; the impact of AIDS; the declining ideal of marriage; the new emphasis on relationships and 'whole body sensuality'...beginning with the Edwardian theorists, like Edward Carpenter and Havelock Ellis, Cate Haste tells the history of changing sexual attitudes in twentieth- century Britain. Intimate private experience is set against well-known cases - from Lady Chatterley to Profumo, Thorpe and Archer - and against the dictates of the churches, courts and media.
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ISBN 13 9780099437956
ISBN 10 0099437953
Titel Rules Of Desire
Autor Cate Haste
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Bindungsart Paperback
Verlag Vintage Publishing
Erscheinungsjahr 2002-11-07
Seitenanzahl 368
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