April R Haynes: 1 book
Riotous Flesh
Women, Physiology, and the Solitary Vice in Nineteenth-Century America
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2015
Nineteenth-century America saw numerous campaigns against masturbation, which was said to cause illness, insanity, and even death. Riotous Flesh explores women’s leadership of those movements, with a specific focus on their rhetorical, social, and political effects, showing how a desire to transform...
