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Yet these two literatures have not been considered together in a sustained way. Publisher The University of Chicago Press. Title Intimate States. Format Hardcover.

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PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press

ISBN-10022679461X

ISBN-139780226794617

eBay Product ID (ePID)22050027295

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Number of Pages360 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameIntimate States : Gender, Sexuality, and Governance in Modern Us History

Publication Year2021

SubjectFeminism & Feminist Theory, Sociology / General, Gender Studies, United States / General

TypeTextbook

AuthorNancy F. Cott

Subject AreaSocial Science, History

FormatHardcover

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Item Height0.1 in

Item Weight20.7 Oz

Item Length0.9 in

Item Width0.6 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2020-053633

Dewey Edition23

ReviewsCanaday, Cott, and Self have not only succeeded in brilliantly underscoring the importance of studying intimacy and state power anew--they have also curated a distinct collection of essays that decisively answers this charge., Contributors to Canaday, Cott, and Self's volume offer analyses of the relationship between state power and intimate experience in the United States from the Civil War to the present. They argue that 'intimate governance'--the binding of private daily experience to the apparatus of the state--should be central to our understanding of modern US history. They conclude that our personal experiences have been controlled and arranged by the state in ways that we often do not even see and that the state is always with us, even in our most seemingly private moments., This 14-essay volume speaks volumes about today's issues. . . . In examining the complicated vectors of intimate governance, the contributors argue that state power revolves around two central social and economic problems: the increasing slippage of sexuality and sexual relations beyond the boundaries of the private household and the struggle of households to remain economically viable without state aid., A pioneering work that puts the history of the American state into direct and sophisticated conversation with the history of gender and sexuality. Brilliantly conceived and executed, Intimate States compels us to deconstruct the categories of private and public, to theorize in new ways about the realm of the intimate, and to rethink the sources and sway of government power. This collection will profoundly shape future studies of the American state., Intimate States is a stunning achievement, challenging conventional thinking that sharply divides public from private; sex and gender from politics; identity from material concerns. In its breadth and depth, originality, and cohesiveness, Intimate States also manages to avoid the usual pitfalls of edited volumes; while far-ranging, it offers a single and coherent argument of profound importance.

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal306.810973

Table Of ContentIntroduction Margot Canaday, Nancy F. Cott, and Robert O. Self 1: Reconstructing Belonging: The Thirteenth Amendment at Work in the World Stephanie McCurry 2: The Comstock Apparatus Jeffrey Escoffier, Whitney Strub, and Jeffrey Patrick Colgan 3: Morals, Sex, Crime, and the Legal Origins of Modern American Social Police William J. Novak 4: The Commerce (Clause) in Sex in the Life of Lucille de Saint-André Grace Peña Delgado 5: "Facts Which Might Be Embarrassing": Illegitimacy, Vital Registration, and State Knowledge Susan J. Pearson 6: Race, the Construction of Dangerous Sexualities, and Juvenile Justice Tera Eva Agyepong 7: Eugenic Sterilization as a Welfare Policy Molly Ladd-Taylor 8: "Land of the White Hunter": Legal Liberalism and the Shifting Racial Ground of Morals Enforcement Anne Gray Fischer 9: Sex Panic, Psychiatry, and the Expansion of the Carceral State Regina Kunzel 10: The Fall of Walter Jenkins and the Hidden History of the Lavender Scare Timothy Stewart-Winter 11: The State of Illegitimacy after the Rights Revolution Serena Mayeri 12: What Happened to the Functional Family? Defining and Defending Alternative Households Before and Beyond Same-Sex Marriage Stephen Vider 13: Abortion and the State after Roe Johanna Schoen 14: The Work That Sex Does Paisley Currah Afterword: Frugal Governance, Family Values, and the Intimate Roots of Neoliberalism Brent Cebul Acknowledgments Contributors Index

SynopsisFourteen essays examine the unexpected relationships between government power and intimate life in the last 150 years of United States history. The last few decades have seen a surge of historical scholarship that analyzes state power and expands our understanding of governmental authority and the ways we experience it. At the same time, studies of the history of intimate life--marriage, sexuality, child-rearing, and family--also have blossomed. Yet these two literatures have not been considered together in a sustained way. This book, edited and introduced by three preeminent American historians, aims to close this gap, offering powerful analyses of the relationship between state power and intimate experience in the United States from the Civil War to the present. The fourteen essays that make up Intimate States argue that "intimate governance"--the binding of private daily experience to the apparatus of the state--should be central to our understanding of modern American history. Our personal experiences have been controlled and arranged by the state in ways we often don't even see, the authors and editors argue; correspondingly, contemporary government has been profoundly shaped by its approaches and responses to the contours of intimate life, and its power has become so deeply embedded into daily social life that it is largely indistinguishable from society itself. Intimate States makes a persuasive case that the state is always with us, even in our most seemingly private moments., Fourteen essays examine the unexpected relationships between government power and intimate life in the last 150 years of United States history. The last few decades have seen a surge of historical scholarship that analyzes state power and expands our understanding of governmental authority and the ways we experience it. At the same time, studies of the history of intimate life-marriage, sexuality, child-rearing, and family-also have blossomed. Yet these two literatures have not been considered together in a sustained way. This book, edited and introduced by three preeminent American historians, aims to close this gap, offering powerful analyses of the relationship between state power and intimate experience in the United States from the Civil War to the present. The fourteen essays that make up Intimate States argue that "intimate governance"-the binding of private daily experience to the apparatus of the state-should be central to our understanding of modern American history. Our personal experiences have been controlled and arranged by the state in ways we often don't even see, the authors and editors argue; correspondingly, contemporary government has been profoundly shaped by its approaches and responses to the contours of intimate life, and its power has become so deeply embedded into daily social life that it is largely indistinguishable from society itself. Intimate States makes a persuasive case that the state is always with us, even in our most seemingly private moments.

LC Classification NumberHQ535.I585 2021