10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PRUDERY»
Discover the use of
prudery in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
prudery and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Primers for
Prudery: Sexual Advice to Victorian America
Allowing the authors of these manuals to speak for themselves—with generous excerpts by contemporary authorities on subjects ranging from the virtues of celibacy to the vices of masturbation—Walters offers his readers a complex reading ...
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Politics,
prudery & perversions: the censoring of the ...
From 1737 until 1968 any play scheduled for performance in England was subject to censorship by the Lord Chamberlain's office.
Traces the evolution of America's sexual code from its Puritan origins, focusing on the mores of the nineteenth century.
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American English: An Introduction
At least from a historical perspective, it can be claimed that American English
contains more of what can be called verbal prudery or propriety than British
English does. Verbal prudery simply means that the use of certain words and
phrases ...
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A History of Women in the West: Renaissance and ...
The Renaissance of Prudery Whereas the Middle Ages had witnessed the
formulation of a sexual ethic based on the refusal of pleasure and the obligation
of procreation,40 it was not until the sixteenth century that a coherent campaign
was ...
Georges Duby, Michelle Perrot, Natalie Zemon Davis, 1993
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A collection of the moral and instructive sentiments, ...
Prudery. Coquetry. Wisdom out of its place, is a Prude, i. 417. [Hi 102]. Modesty,
under the name of Prudery, is in danger of becoming ignominious, and of being
banished from the behaviour and converfations of all those who frequent public ...
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A Return to Modesty: Discovering the Lost Virtue
This is because today modesty is often confused with prudery. Butit isnotprudery.
Indeed, promiscuity is really much closer to prudery. Whether she decides to
have scores of men or none, promiscuous and prudish women in some sense ...
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Victorian Honeymoons: Journeys to the Conjugal
the knowing victorians Victorian sexuality has been a topic of recent scholarly
interest as, slowly over the last fifty years, old ideas about Victorian prudery
competed with, and in some cases were replaced by, what we might think of as
more ...
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In Defense of Sanity: The Best Essays of G.K. Chesterton
Avowals and Denials, 1934 I have discovered that the New Prudery is much
narrower and more prudish than the Old Prudery; even of the most dingy and
dismal latter days of Puritanism. The discovery interests me not a little, for I
always ...
Gilbert Keith Chesterton, Dale Ahlquist, Joseph Pearce, 2011
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"Obscene" Literature and Constitutional Law: A Forensic ...
be to prudery, there are none willing or competent to teach. Dr. Helen C. Putman,
of Providence, R. I., quotes two leading educators, in sympathy with sexual
education, as saying: "I know no men in the schools of my city and but few
women, ...
Theodore Albert Schroeder, 1911
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PRUDERY»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
prudery is used in the context of the following news items.
No more t*ts in the Sun – a campaign we can all get behind
Even if you had to stifle a laugh at the feature's provocative reappearance in Thursday's Sun, I beg you not to regard this as a victory against prudery. It is nothing ... «The Guardian, Jan 15»
Confessions Of A Reluctant Culture Warrior
... discovered that this culture has a dangerous dark side, particularly for young women, and they're scrambling to create a new, modernized system of prudery. «The Federalist, Dec 14»
From Paganism to Prudery: How Christianity Changed Sex
That's the question Kyle Harper, senior vice provost from the University of Oklahoma, will be addressing this Tuesday, Oct. 21, at the Hollings Library — and he's ... «Free Times, Oct 14»
The Difficulty of Being Kama
Victorian prudery knocked this minor god off his pedestal, but ironically, the influence he lost in India is now strongly visible in the West. What The God of Desire ... «The New Indian Express, Oct 14»
Why we're now so prudish about nudity
This month, Britain's legions of naturists mark an important anniversary, but overshadowing the celebrations is an ominous new mood of suspicion and prudery. «Telegraph.co.uk, Aug 14»
WTF, Vancouver: misogyny, prudery edition, feat. ex-Parks …
WTF, Vancouver: misogyny, prudery edition, feat. ex-Parks candidate Trish Kelly. By. Michael Stewart. | July 18, 2014. Print · Write to editor · Support rabble. «rabble.ca, Jul 14»
Tehrans Underground Speakeasies
Penalties can be severe if you're caught. But like American speakeasies during prohibition in the USA, these places are oases in a desert of official prudery. «Daily Beast, Jun 14»
Sex drama shows Victorian prudery in new light
Prudery and sexual repression are often bywords for the Victorian era, a time when the word 'leg' was not used in polite conversation ('limb' was the socially ... «ArtsHub, May 14»
Sex-Obsessed Lefty Horrified by 'Toxic Purity Culture'
... what she's essentially claiming is that, when it comes to sex, both secular America and Christian America are really just one big ball of puritanical prudery. «Town Hall, Feb 14»
Why Did the CW Delete the Masturbation Scene from Tonight's …
The issue here is not so much sexism as general prudery. From a network perspective, masturbation is more shocking than public intercourse not because it ... «Slate Magazine, Oct 13»
