Sex Among the Rabble: An Intimate History of Gender and Power in the Age of Revolution, Philadelphia, 1730-1830

by Clare A. Lyons

Book Overview

Placing sexual culture at the center of power relations in Revolutionary-era Philadelphia, Clare A. Lyons uncovers a world where runaway wives challenged their husbands' patriarchal rights and where serial and casual sexual relationships were commonplace. By reading popular representations of sex against actual behavior, Lyons reveals the clash of meanings given to sex and illuminates struggles to recast sexuality in order to eliminate its subversive...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807856754
• ISBN13: 9780807856758
• Release Date: February 2006
• Publisher: Omohundro Institute and Unc Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.3"