Dabhoiwala, Faramerz.

Origins of sex : a history of the first sexual revolution / The origins of sex Faramerz Dabhoiwala. - New York : Penguin Books, c2012. - xi, 483 p. : ill. (some col.), plates ; 20 cm.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 365-446) and index.

Acknowledgements -- Prologue: the culture of discipline -- Power and punishment -- The decline and fall of public punishment -- The rise of sexual freedom -- The cult of seduction -- The new world of men and women -- The origins of white slavery -- The media and the message -- Epilogue: modern cultures of sex: from the Victorians to the twenty-first century.

9780241955963 (pbk.)


Sex--History.
Sex customs--History.
Sexual ethics--History.
Civilization, Western.

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