Documenting Intimate Matters

Primary Sources for a History of Sexuality in America

By: Thomas A. Foster (Editor), John D'Emilio (Foreword by), Estelle B. Freedman (Foreword by)

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Over time, sexuality in America has changed dramatically. Frequently redefined and often subject to different systems of regulation, it has been used as a means of control; it has been a way to understand ourselves and others; and it has been at the center of fierce political storms, including some of the most crucial changes in civil rights in the last decade. Edited by Thomas A. Foster, Documenting Intimate Matters features seventy-two documents that collectively highlight the broad diversity inherent in the history of American sexuality. Complementing the third edition of Intimate Matters, by John D'Emilio and Estelle B. Freedman-often hailed as the definitive survey of sexual history in America-the multiple narratives presented by these documents reveal the complexity of this subject in US history. The historical moments captured in this volume will show that, contrary to popular misconception, the history of sexuality is not a simple story of increased freedoms and sexual liberation, but an ongoing struggle between change and continuity.

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"The history of sexuality is a continuing endeavor. There is still much that has not yet been written about, and interpretations of key topics will inevitably change over time. Studying these documents and reading some of the historical literature can put you on the road to contributing to this exciting and intriguing intellectual endeavor." (John D'Emilio, from the Introduction)"

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Foreword: Using Documenting Intimate Matters
Acknowledgments
Introduction
The Marital and Reproductive Matrix, 1600-1800
Massachusetts Body of Liberties (1641)
The Midwife's Book (1671)
"To My Dear and Loving Husband" (1678)
Witchcraft Trial of Catherina Lujan, New Mexico (1708)
John Lawson on Native American Women, North Carolina (1709)
Diary of William Byrd, Virginia Planter (1710-1712)
Unchast Practices (1716)
Chassin to Father Bobe, Louisiana (1722)
The Boston News-Letter on "Sodomitical Clubs" (1726)
Slander and Reputation in North Carolina Court Cases (1747, 1749)
Quaker, Courts Hannah Logan (1748)
Keeping a House of Fornication (1754)
Life and Dying Speech of Arthur, a Negro Man (1768)
Depositions in the case of Sarah Muckamugg, Rhode Island (1752-1774)
Divided Passions, 1780-1900
Documenting Philadelphia Women's Self-Divorce in the Pennsylvania Gazette and Packet (1780s-1790s)
Lecture to Young Men (1838)
Louisa Picquet, interviewed by H. Mattison, Louisa Picquet, the Octoroon; or, Inside Views of Southern Domestic Life
Abraham Lincoln's correspondence with Speed (1842)
New York Sporting Whip (1843)
"The Lynching of a Mexican Woman in California" (1851)
"Indian Concubines," the National Era (1858)
Letter to Her Husband (1866)
Civil War Love Letter (1864)
Criminal Abortion (1868)
Male Continence (1872)
Diary of Frederick Ryman (1884)
Women's Social Purity Meeting (1888)
Traps for the Young (1883)
Toward a New Sexual Order, 1880-1930
Satan in Society (1890)
Mosher Survey (1892)
Tokology (1898)
Red Record (1895)
Philadelphia Negro (1899)
Spirit of Youth (1909)
Mexican American Ballads (corridos)
Pacific Northwest Male Prostitution/Truancy (1913)
Commercialized Prostitution in New York City (1913)
Young Working Girls (1913)
White Slave Traffic (1911)
"Humanity"; or, What Every Father, Mother, Boy, and Girl Should Know (1915)
Sex Knowledge for Women and Girls (1917)
Birth Control Laws: Shall We Keep Them or Abolish Them? (1926)
The Rise and Fall of Sexual Liberalism, 1920-1980
"Mad Pleasure," in True Romances (1924)
"Kitchen Man" (1929)
United States Motion Picture Production Code (1930)
World War II War Department Pamphlet on Venereal Disease (1940)
Black Metropolis: A Study of Negro Life in a Northern City (1945)
Employment of Homosexuals and Other Sex Perverts (1950)
Letters to Alfred Kinsey (1953)
Letter to the Society for Humane Abortion (1966)
Mattachine Society-Stonewall Rebellion (1969)
"The Pill: Genocide or Liberation?" (1969)
"Myth of the Vaginal Orgasm" (1970)
"Rape: An Act of Terror" (1971)
Transvestite and Transsexual Liberation (1971)
"Chicanas and Abortion" (1972)
Joy of Sex (1972)
The Contemporaryera: Continuity, Change, and Conflict
Address to Democratic National Convention (1980)
"I Can't Believe You Want to Die" (1987)
"A Change of Heart" (1987)
Pornography and Civil Rights (1988)
"Chicana Lesbians: Fear and Loathing in the Chicano Community" (1991)
"African American Women in Defense of Ourselves" (1991)
"Date Rape" Rape Zine (1990s)
Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) (1996)
Starr Report (1998)
Suggested Audio: Lil' Kim, "How Many Licks?" (2000)
"Adventures in Child-Rearing: The Sexual Life of a Child Growing up with Down Syndrome" (2002)
Lawrence v. Texas (2003)
"Congressional Report on Abstinence Only Education" (2004)
Federal Marriage Amendment (2006)
Sexual Offenders Team Checks Sex Offenders' Homes (2007)
Sources for Documents
Selected Bibliography
Permission Acknowledgments
Index
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