An Ordered Love: Sex Roles and Sexuality in Victorian Utopias : the Shakers, the Mormons, and the Oneida Community

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UNC Press Books, 1981 - 430 pàgines
An Ordered Love is the first detailed study of sex roles in the utopian communities that proposed alternatives to monogamous marriage: The Shakers (1779-1890), the Mormons (1843-90), and the Oneida Community (1848-79).

The lives of men and women

 

Continguts

PARTI
17
Ambiguities of NineteenthCentury American Culture about
34
PART II
69
Sexual Regulations and Practices among
91
The Meaning of Shaker Ideology
114
PART III
135
The Ecclesiastical
158
Then Shall They Be Gods Because They Have All Power
190
Whosoever Is Born of God Doth Not Commit Sin For
219
Sexual Practices at
235
The Effect of Sexual Perfectionism
257
PART V
281
The Value and Function
301
Afterword
314
Bibliography
395
Index
421

PART IV
205

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Sobre l'autor (1981)

Louis J. Kern received his Ph.D. in history from Rutgers University and has taught American Studies, intellectual-cultural history, and literature at a number of colleges.

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