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The Dictatorship of Sex

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Description for The Dictatorship of Sex Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJG; HBTB; JHBK5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 456.

The Dictatorship of Sex explores the attempts to define and control sexual behavior in the years following the Russian Revolution. It is the first book to examine Soviet "sexual enlightenment," a program of popular health and lifestyle advice intended to establish a model of sexual conduct for the men and women who would build socialism.

Leftist social theorists and political activists had long envisioned an egalitarian utopia, and after 1917, the medical profession took the leading role in solving the sex question (while at the same time carving out a niche for itself among postrevolutionary social institutions). Frances Bernstein reveals ... Read more

The Dictatorship of Sex offers a unique lens through which to contemplate a central conundrum of Russian history: the relationship between the supposedly "liberated" 1920s and "repressive" 1930s. Although most of the proponents of sexual enlightenment in the 1920s would suffer greatly during Stalin's purges, their writings facilitated the Stalinist approach to sexuality and the family. Bernstein's book will interest historians of Russia, gender, sexuality, and medicine, as well as anyone curious about social and ideological experiments in a revolutionary culture.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780875806679
SKU
V9780875806679
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About Frances Lee Bernstein
Frances Lee Bernstein is Associate Professor of History at Drew University.

Reviews for The Dictatorship of Sex
A valuable contribution.... will be of interest to a number of audiences—from historians of gender and the family to those that specialize in the history of medicine.
Canadian Journal of History
Beautiful and thickly descriptive. The source base is impressive.
The Russian Review
Richly documented and well-researched. Essential reading... provides many important and original insights into ... Read more

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