001479902 000__ 05417nam\a22008055i\4500 001479902 001__ 1479902 001479902 003__ DE-B1597 001479902 005__ 20231026035116.0 001479902 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 001479902 007__ cr\un\nnnunnun 001479902 008__ 230918t20132013nyu\\\\\o\\d\z\\\\\\eng\d 001479902 020__ $$a9780814759462 001479902 0247_ $$a10.18574/nyu/9780814770191.001.0001$$2doi 001479902 035__ $$a(DE-B1597)546839 001479902 040__ $$aDE-B1597$$beng$$cDE-B1597$$erda 001479902 0410_ $$aeng 001479902 044__ $$anyu$$cUS-NY 001479902 050_4 $$aHQ18.U5$$bK365 2016 001479902 072_7 $$aHIS036000$$2bisacsh 001479902 08204 $$a306.70973$$223 001479902 1001_ $$aKann, Mark E., $$eauthor.$$4aut$$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut. 001479902 24510 $$aTaming Passion for the Public Good :$$bPolicing Sex in the Early Republic /$$cMark E. Kann. 001479902 264_1 $$aNew York, NY : : $$bNew York University Press, $$c[2013] 001479902 264_4 $$c©2013 001479902 300__ $$a1 online resource 001479902 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent 001479902 337__ $$acomputer$$bc$$2rdamedia 001479902 338__ $$aonline resource$$bcr$$2rdacarrier 001479902 347__ $$atext file$$bPDF$$2rda 001479902 50500 $$tFrontmatter -- $$tContents -- $$tAcknowledgments -- $$t1 In the Shadow of Patriarchal Authority -- $$t2 Resilient Patriarchal Authority -- $$t3 The Need to Police Sex -- $$t4 Policing Impassioned Men -- $$t5 Policing Women's Sex Lives -- $$t6 Policing Prostitution -- $$t7 The Patriarchal Core of Liberalism -- $$tNotes -- $$tBibliography -- $$tIndex -- $$tAbout the Author 001479902 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 001479902 520__ $$a"Kann's latest tour de force explores the ambivalence, during the founding of our nation, about whether political freedom should augur sexual freedom. Tracing the roots of patriarchal sexual repression back to revolutionary America, Kann asks highly contemporary questions about the boundaries between public and private life, suggesting, provocatively, that political and sexual freedom should go hand in hand. This is a must-read for those interested in the interwining of politics, public life, and sexuality."-Ben Agger, University of Texas at Arlington The American Revolution was fought in the name of liberty. In popular imagination, the Revolution stands for the triumph of populism and the death of patriarchal elites. But this is not the case, argues Mark E. Kann. Rather, in the aftermath of the Revolution, America developed a society and system of laws that kept patriarchal authority alive and well-especially when it came to the sex lives of citizens. In Taming Passion for the Public Good, Kann contends that that despite the rhetoric of classical liberalism, the founding generation did not trust ordinary citizens with extensive liberty. Through the policing of sex, elites sought to maintain control of individuals' private lives, ensuring that citizens would be productive, moral, and orderly in the new nation. New American elites applauded traditional marriages in which men were the public face of the family and women managed the home. They frowned on interracial and interclass sexual unions. They saw masturbation as evidence of a lack of self-control over one's passions, and they considered prostitution the result of aggressive female sexuality. Both were punishable offenses. By seeking to police sex, elites were able to keep alive what Kann calls a "resilient patriarchy." 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