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

Autor Mark E. Kann
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 31 mar 2013

¿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 in the interwining of politics, public life, and sexuality.¿
¿Ben Agger, University of Texas at Arlington
The American Revolution was fought in the name of liberty. In popular imagination, the Revolution stands for the triumph of populism and the death of patriarchal elites. But this is not the case, argues Mark E. Kann. Rather, in the aftermath of the Revolution, America developed a society and system of laws that kept patriarchal authority alive and well¿especially when it came to the sex lives of citizens.
In Taming Passion for the Public Good, Kann contends that that despite the rhetoric of classical liberalism, the founding generation did not trust ordinary citizens with extensive liberty. Through the policing of sex, elites sought to maintain control of individuals' private lives, ensuring that citizens would be productive, moral, and orderly in the new nation. New American elites applauded traditional marriages in which men were the public face of the family and women managed the home. They frowned on interracial and interclass sexual unions. They saw masturbation as evidence of a lack of self-control over one¿s passions, and they considered prostitution the result of aggressive female sexuality. Both were punishable offenses.
By seeking to police sex, elites were able to keep alive what Kann calls a ¿resilient patriarchy.¿ Under the guise of paternalism, they were able simultaneously to retain social control while espousing liberal principles, with the goal of ultimately molding the country into the new American ideal: a moral and orderly citizenry that voluntarily did what was best for the public good.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780814770191
ISBN-10: 0814770193
Pagini: 248
Dimensiuni: 158 x 234 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.5 kg
Editura: Wiley

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"Mark E. Kann's latest book provides important insights into the creation of patriarchy and of sexual morality in the Early Republic. Kann deftly engages with the contradictions and dilemmas posed by new freedoms for men and women unleashed by the Revolution conflicting with an emerging patriarchy that sought social control and moral order. Kann's book is a vital and stimulating contribution to our understanding of gender and masculinity in the Early Republic." Kevin White, University of Sussex"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 in the intertwining of politics, public life, and sexuality." Ben Agger, University of Texas at Arlington

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Argues that despite the American Revolution’s rhetoric of classical liberalism, the founding generation did not trust ordinary citizens with extensive liberty