Modern love; personal relationships in twentieth-century Britain. (reprint, 2003).0874139155 Modern love; personal relationships in twentieth-century Britain. (reprint, 2003) Collins, Marcus. Univ. of Delaware Press 2006 294 pages $45.00 Hardcover HM1106 Collins (history, Emory U.) analyzes the concept of mutuality, wherein the sexes are brought together in the basis of an intimate equality comprised of mixed social participation, companionable com·pan·ion·a·ble adj. 1. Having the qualities of a good companion; friendly. See Synonyms at social. 2. Suggestive of companionship: reading together in companionable silence. marriage and shared sexual pleasure. He examines utopians such as Edward Carpenter  This article or section needs copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone and/or spelling.You can assist by [ editing it] now. , Havelock Ellis Henry Havelock Ellis (February 2, 1859 - July 8, 1939), known as Havelock Ellis, was a British doctor, sexual psychologist and social reformer. Biography Early Life and Olive Schreiner Olive Schreiner (24 March 1855 - December 11 1920), was a South African author, pacifist and political activist. Biography Early lifeThe ninth of twelve children, Olive Schreiner was born in 1855 to a missionary couple, Gottlob Schreiner and Rebecca Lyndall at , describing how they rejected what we now describe as Victorian patriarchy and prudery PruderyGrundy, Mrs. Ashfields’ straitlaced neighbor whose propriety hinders them. [Br. Lit.: Speed the Plough] nice Nelly excessively modest or prudish woman. [Am. Usage: Misc. and promoted relationships based on equality, and describes the ways in which mutuality was tested in the first half of the twentieth century in youth clubs, marriage, and in studies of male sexuality and women's emancipation. He then describes the fallout, which included the challenges of second-wave feminism in the second half of the century and the most recent phenomenon of being "alone together." ([c]20062005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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