{"product_id":"rereading-sex-helen-lefkowitz-horowitz-9780375701863","title":"Rereading Sex: Battles Over Sexual Knowledge and Suppression in Nineteenth-Century America","description":"From bawdy talk to evangelical sermons, and from celebrations of free love to prosecutions for obscenity, nineteenth-century America encompassed a far broader range of sexual attitudes and ideas than the Victorian stereotype would have us believe. In \u003cb\u003eRereading Sex\u003c\/b\u003e, Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz lets us listen to the national conversation about sex in the nineteenth century and hear voices that resonate in our own time. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eProbing court records, pamphlets, and \"sporting men's\" magazines, Horowitz shows us a many-voiced America in which an earthy acceptance of desire and sexual expression collided with prohibitions broadcast from the pulpit. We encounter fascinating reformers like Victoria Woodhull, who advocated free love and became the first woman to run for president; faddists like Sylvester Graham, who obsessed about the dangers of masturbation; and moral crusaders like Anthony Comstock, who succeeded in banning sexual subject matter from the mails. We also see how newspapers like the \u003ci\u003eSunday Flash\u003c\/i\u003e treated prostitutes like celebrities and how the \u003ci\u003eNational Police Gazette \u003c\/i\u003efound a legal way to write about explicity about sex through crime reports that read like gossip columns. Employing an encyclopedic knowledge artfully rendered, Horowitz brings to the fore a wide spectrum of attitudes and a debate echoed in the culture wars of today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0375701869\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780375701863\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/14\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 528\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.03lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.04h x 5.22w x 1.03d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/28\/2003 pg. 16","brand":"Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46526195138815,"sku":"9780375701863","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_af479e33-a184-4335-af52-c9d883f96434.jpg?v=1737555465","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/rereading-sex-helen-lefkowitz-horowitz-9780375701863","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}