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Author Leng, Kirsten, 1979- author.

Title Sexual politics and feminist science : women sexologists in Germany, 1900-1933 / Kirsten Leng.

Publication Info. Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press : Cornell University Library, 2017.

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Description 1 online resource.
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Series Signale : modern German letters, cultures, and thought
Signale (Ithaca, N.Y.)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction : women and sexology : knowledge, possibilities, and problematic legacies -- The emergence of sexology in early twentieth century Germany -- As natural as eating, drinking, and sleeping : redefining the female sex -- Challenging the limits of sex : envisioning new gendered subjectivities and sexualities -- Troubling normal, taking on patriarchy : criticizing male (hetero)sexuality -- The erotics of racial regeneration : eugenics, maternity, and sexual -- New social and moral values will have to prevail : negotiating crisis and opportunity in the First World War -- Fluid gender, rigid sexuality : constrained potential in the post-war period.
Summary In Sexual Politics and Feminist Science, Kirsten Leng restores the work of female sexologists to the forefront of the history of sexology. While male researchers who led the practice of early-twentieth-century sexology viewed women and their ...
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Subject Women sexologists -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.
Women sexologists.
Germany.
History.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Feminists -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.
Feminists.
Sexology -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.
Sexology.
Women -- Sexual behavior -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.
Women -- Sexual behavior.
Sex role -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.
Sex role.
Feminism and science -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.
Feminism and science.
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Subject Feminists.
Sexology.
Women.
Womyn.
Gender roles.
Other Form: Print version: Leng, Kirsten, 1979- Sexual politics and feminist science. Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press : Cornell University Library, 2017 9781501709302 (DLC) 2017031562
ISBN 9781501713248 (pdf)
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9781501713231 (epub/mobi)
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9781501709302
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