Prescription for Heterosexuality
Sexual Citizenship in the Cold War Era
Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Medical, Reference, History, Americas, United States, 20th Century, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Gender Studies
| Author: | Carolyn Herbst Lewis | ISBN: | 9780807899540 |
| Publisher: | The University of North Carolina Press | Publication: | October 18, 2010 |
| Imprint: | The University of North Carolina Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Carolyn Herbst Lewis |
| ISBN: | 9780807899540 |
| Publisher: | The University of North Carolina Press |
| Publication: | October 18, 2010 |
| Imprint: | The University of North Carolina Press |
| Language: | English |
In Prescription for Heterosexuality, Carolyn Herbst Lewis explores how medical practitioners, especially family physicians, situated themselves as the guardians of Americans' sexual well-being during the early Cold War years. She argues that many doctors believed that a satisfying sexual relationship with very specific attributes and boundaries was the foundation of a successful marriage, a source of happiness in the American family, and a crucial building block of a secure nation. Drawing on hundreds of articles and editorials in both medical journals and popular and professional literature, Lewis traces how medical professionals affirmed certain heterosexual desires and acts while labeling others as unhealthy or deviant.
In Prescription for Heterosexuality, Carolyn Herbst Lewis explores how medical practitioners, especially family physicians, situated themselves as the guardians of Americans' sexual well-being during the early Cold War years. She argues that many doctors believed that a satisfying sexual relationship with very specific attributes and boundaries was the foundation of a successful marriage, a source of happiness in the American family, and a crucial building block of a secure nation. Drawing on hundreds of articles and editorials in both medical journals and popular and professional literature, Lewis traces how medical professionals affirmed certain heterosexual desires and acts while labeling others as unhealthy or deviant.
