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The Resource What wild ecstasy : the rise and fall of the sexual revolution, John Heidenry
What wild ecstasy : the rise and fall of the sexual revolution, John Heidenry
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- Summary
- In many respects, the Sexual Revolution was the catalyst that set in motion social life as we know it at the end of the twentieth century. Yet many of us have difficulty remembering - or never knew - just when and where the first shots were fired, how the battle was waged, and who fought on its front lines. In this first popular history of the turbulent last three decades of American sexual culture, journalist John Heidenry completes our sexual education. His startling you-are-there account takes us behind the closed doors of clubs and courtrooms, research labs and bedrooms, to find out who did what to whom - and how, when, where, and why - in the wide world of human sexuality. In cinematic style, the narrative jump-cuts dramatically between story lines, covering a dazzling array of people, places, and events - both little-known and headline-making - as Heidenry expertly navigates the currents of sexual manners and mores. We witness the coming of age of the science of sexology; the burgeoning of popular culture, in which magazines such as Screw and films such as Deep Throat won fans and fanned controversies over freedom of expression; the movement for the rights of gay men, lesbians, and other sexual minorities; and the effect of all these innovations and upheavals on the general public, which gained a new sexual awareness even as it lost its consensus on premarital sex, abortion, and virtually every other sex-related issue. All in all, it was a cultural earthquake whose aftertremors can still be felt - in science, the arts, business, media, and the day-to-day lives of ordinary mortals, for whom sex is, in Heidenry's phrase, "the poor woman's or poor man's grand opera." Now, at last, a watershed era has found a writer who does justice to its impact and its aftermath
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 448 pages
- Note
- Includes index
- Contents
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- Part One. Desire (1965-1971) : The orgasm that changed the world
- The merchants of Venus
- The public wars
- A love that dared to speak its name
- intimations of immortality
- Part Two. Excitement (1971-1978) : Virgins and gypsies
- The scene
- Sex for advanced students
- Part Three. Plateau (1975-1983) : The sleazing of America
- See Dick run
- Missionary positions
- Part Four. Orgasm (1979-1984) : Apre︡s Nous the Sepermathon
- dark night of sexology
- Tristis post coitum
- Part Five. Resolution (1984-present) : The bonfire of the fantasies
- Ecce homo
- Twilight of the gods
- Linda Montano's public hair
- Sex among the ruins
- Isbn
- 9780684810379
- Label
- What wild ecstasy : the rise and fall of the sexual revolution
- Title
- What wild ecstasy
- Title remainder
- the rise and fall of the sexual revolution
- Statement of responsibility
- John Heidenry
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- In many respects, the Sexual Revolution was the catalyst that set in motion social life as we know it at the end of the twentieth century. Yet many of us have difficulty remembering - or never knew - just when and where the first shots were fired, how the battle was waged, and who fought on its front lines. In this first popular history of the turbulent last three decades of American sexual culture, journalist John Heidenry completes our sexual education. His startling you-are-there account takes us behind the closed doors of clubs and courtrooms, research labs and bedrooms, to find out who did what to whom - and how, when, where, and why - in the wide world of human sexuality. In cinematic style, the narrative jump-cuts dramatically between story lines, covering a dazzling array of people, places, and events - both little-known and headline-making - as Heidenry expertly navigates the currents of sexual manners and mores. We witness the coming of age of the science of sexology; the burgeoning of popular culture, in which magazines such as Screw and films such as Deep Throat won fans and fanned controversies over freedom of expression; the movement for the rights of gay men, lesbians, and other sexual minorities; and the effect of all these innovations and upheavals on the general public, which gained a new sexual awareness even as it lost its consensus on premarital sex, abortion, and virtually every other sex-related issue. All in all, it was a cultural earthquake whose aftertremors can still be felt - in science, the arts, business, media, and the day-to-day lives of ordinary mortals, for whom sex is, in Heidenry's phrase, "the poor woman's or poor man's grand opera." Now, at last, a watershed era has found a writer who does justice to its impact and its aftermath
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Heidenry, John
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- HQ18.U5
- LC item number
- H43 1997
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Sex customs
- Sex
- Sexual ethics
- Sex in popular culture
- Sex in popular culture
- Sex
- Sex customs
- Sexual ethics
- United States
- Label
- What wild ecstasy : the rise and fall of the sexual revolution, John Heidenry
- Note
- Includes index
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Part One. Desire (1965-1971) : The orgasm that changed the world -- The merchants of Venus -- The public wars -- A love that dared to speak its name -- intimations of immortality -- Part Two. Excitement (1971-1978) : Virgins and gypsies -- The scene -- Sex for advanced students -- Part Three. Plateau (1975-1983) : The sleazing of America -- See Dick run -- Missionary positions -- Part Four. Orgasm (1979-1984) : Apre︡s Nous the Sepermathon -- dark night of sexology -- Tristis post coitum -- Part Five. Resolution (1984-present) : The bonfire of the fantasies -- Ecce homo -- Twilight of the gods -- Linda Montano's public hair -- Sex among the ruins
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 448 pages
- Isbn
- 9780684810379
- Lccn
- 96051058
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)36130704
- (OCoLC)ocm36130704
- Label
- What wild ecstasy : the rise and fall of the sexual revolution, John Heidenry
- Note
- Includes index
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Part One. Desire (1965-1971) : The orgasm that changed the world -- The merchants of Venus -- The public wars -- A love that dared to speak its name -- intimations of immortality -- Part Two. Excitement (1971-1978) : Virgins and gypsies -- The scene -- Sex for advanced students -- Part Three. Plateau (1975-1983) : The sleazing of America -- See Dick run -- Missionary positions -- Part Four. Orgasm (1979-1984) : Apre︡s Nous the Sepermathon -- dark night of sexology -- Tristis post coitum -- Part Five. Resolution (1984-present) : The bonfire of the fantasies -- Ecce homo -- Twilight of the gods -- Linda Montano's public hair -- Sex among the ruins
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 448 pages
- Isbn
- 9780684810379
- Lccn
- 96051058
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)36130704
- (OCoLC)ocm36130704
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