The Natural History of Sexuality in Early America
- ISBN-10
- 1421426439
- ISBN-13
- 9781421426433
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 301
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2018-11-15
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Author
- Greta LaFleur
Description
Ultimately, The Natural History of Sexuality in Early America not only rewrites all dominant scholarly narratives of eighteenth-century sexual behavior but poses a major intervention into queer theoretical understandings of the relationship between sex and the subject.
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- 2020-08-04
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