Intimate Matters: A History of Sexuality in America, Third Edition - Paperback
by John D'Emilio (Author), Estelle B. Freedman (Author)
A groundbreaking history of American sexuality that Barbara Ehrenreich calls "fascinating"!
As the first full-length study of the history of sexuality in America, Intimate Matters offered trenchant insights into the sexual behavior of Americans from colonial times to the present. In this fully up-to-date edition of the classic work, John D'Emilio and Estelle B. Freedman give us an even deeper understanding of how sexuality has dramatically influenced politics and culture throughout our history and into the present. Hailed by critics for its comprehensive approach and cited by the US Supreme Court in the landmark Lawrence v. Texas ruling, Intimate Matters is a landmark work, offering readers insight into changes in sexuality and the ongoing growth of individual freedoms in the United States through meticulous research and lucid prose.John D'Emilio is professor of history and of gender and women's studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Policy director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, he is author of The World Turned: Essays on Gay History, Politics, and Culture. Estelle B. Freedman is the Edgar E. Robinson Professor in U.S. History at Stanford University and the author of No Turning Back: The History of Feminism and the Future of Women.
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