Taming Passion for the Public Good: Policing Sex in the Early Republic

by Mark E. Kann

"Kann's latest tour de force explores the ambivalence, during the founding of our nation, about whether political freedom should augur sexual freedom. Tracing the roots of patriarchal sexual repression back to revolutionary America, Kann asks highly contemporary questions about the boundaries between public and private life, suggesting, provocatively, that political and sexual freedom should go hand in hand. This is a must-read for those interested...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814770193
• ISBN13: 9780814770191
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"