A cultural history of marriage in the modern age
In: The cultural histories series
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In: The cultural histories series
In: Studies in the history of sexuality
In: Journal of women's history, Band 27, Heft 1, S. 110-135
ISSN: 1527-2036
Essays by women students saved by (white) Gladys Groves from sex and marriage education courses she taught at 1940s North Carolina black colleges show black women engaging with modern discourses of sexuality and marriage to critique repressive sexual socialization that stemmed from the still-powerful respectability code governing black women's self-presentation. This article argues that, while these women still hoped to control sexuality, they also found the modern social scientific view useful for claiming the normality of youth sexuality and the legitimacy of women's desire. Some took on the modern standard of female sexual responsiveness, but more used their new knowledge to critique the punitive treatment of childish sexual curiosity that they and others had commonly undergone. The research is significant because so few sources exist expressing the sexual experience and subjectivity of African American women, given the power of the sexual silence induced by the politics of respectability.
In: Gender & history, Band 19, Heft 1, S. 201-202
ISSN: 1468-0424
In: Journal of women's history, Band 8, Heft 3, S. 151-155
ISSN: 1527-2036
In: Frontiers: a journal of women studies, Band 4, Heft 3, S. 54
ISSN: 1536-0334
In: Journal of developmental and physical disabilities, Band 31, Heft 3, S. 329-346
ISSN: 1573-3580
In: The women's review of books, Band 6, Heft 4, S. 21
In: Journal of developmental and physical disabilities, Band 26, Heft 6, S. 775-792
ISSN: 1573-3580
In: Labour / Le Travail, Band 27, S. 320
In: Feminist studies: FS, Band 18, Heft 3, S. 629
ISSN: 2153-3873