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When Alfred Kinsey's studies "Sexual Behavior in the Human Male" and "Sexual Behavior in the Human Female" appeared in 1948 and 1953, their data spurred an unprecedented public discussion of the nation's sexual practices and ideologies. This work examines national debates about sexuality, gender, and Americanness after World War II.

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List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. "Sexual Order in Our Nation": American Sexuality and National Character in the Postwar United States 2. "A Missing Sense of Maleness": Male Heterosexuality, Sexual Behavior in the Human Male, and the Crisis of American Masculinity 3. "Much the Same Desires as Men": Sexual Behavior in the Human Female and the "American Woman" 4. "I'm a Much Better Citizen Than If I Were Single": Remaking Postwar Marriage and Reconfiguring Marital Sexuality 5. "An Age of Sexual Ambiguity": Homosexuality and National Character in the Postwar United States Epilogue. "All America Is One Big Orgone Box": American Sexual Character Revisited Notes Selected Bibliography Index

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      Publisher: University of California Press
      Publication Date: 07/03/2005
      ISBN13: 9780520238350, 978-0520238350
      ISBN10: 0520238354
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      When Alfred Kinsey's studies "Sexual Behavior in the Human Male" and "Sexual Behavior in the Human Female" appeared in 1948 and 1953, their data spurred an unprecedented public discussion of the nation's sexual practices and ideologies. This work examines national debates about sexuality, gender, and Americanness after World War II.

      Table of Contents
      List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. "Sexual Order in Our Nation": American Sexuality and National Character in the Postwar United States 2. "A Missing Sense of Maleness": Male Heterosexuality, Sexual Behavior in the Human Male, and the Crisis of American Masculinity 3. "Much the Same Desires as Men": Sexual Behavior in the Human Female and the "American Woman" 4. "I'm a Much Better Citizen Than If I Were Single": Remaking Postwar Marriage and Reconfiguring Marital Sexuality 5. "An Age of Sexual Ambiguity": Homosexuality and National Character in the Postwar United States Epilogue. "All America Is One Big Orgone Box": American Sexual Character Revisited Notes Selected Bibliography Index

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