Title The heart of whiteness : normal sexuality and race in America, 1880-1940 / Julian B. Carter

Published Durham [North Carolina] : Duke University Press, 2007 ©2007

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 219 pages) : illustrations Series e-Duke books scholarly collection. Contents Introduction: The search for Norma -- "Barbarians are not nervous" -- The marriage crisis -- Birds, bees, and the future of the race : making whiteness normal -- Epilogue: Regarding racial/erotic politics Summary A study of the racialized construction of heterosexual normality based on the analysis of medical pamphlets, marriage manuals, and sex-instructional literature Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-210) and index Notes English Print version record Subject Heterosexuality -- United States -- History Sexual ethics -- United States -- History Race awareness -- United States -- History White people -- Race identity -- United States -- History Social norms. Marriage -- United States -- History PSYCHOLOGY -- Human Sexuality. SELF-HELP -- Sexual Instruction. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- General. Heterosexuality Marriage Race awareness Sexual ethics Social conditions Social norms White people -- Race identity Ethnische Identität Soziale Situation Sexualität Ethnische Beziehungen SUBJECT United States -- Social conditions -- 1918-1932. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140516 United States -- Social conditions -- 1933-1945. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140517 United States -- Social conditions -- 1865-1918. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140515 Subject United States USA Weiße. Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 0822389584 9780822389583 1283023059 9781283023054 9786613023056 6613023051

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