Re-Making Love: The Feminization of Sex [Hardcover]

Barbara Ehrenreich (Author), Elizabeth Hess (Author), Gloria Jacobs (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 19, 1986

This provocative book reveals how the real sexual  revolution was initiated by women -- not men --  and how it transformed both our behavior and our  understanding of what sex means in our lives.

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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This important work by three feminist journalists (Ehrenreich, Elizabeth Hess, Gloria Jacobs) looks at the so-called sexual revolution of the 1960s and 1970s and the backlash that has begun against it in the 1980s, and puts both in new perspective. Pointing out that it has been primarily women who have changed their attitudes and behaviors during the past 20 years, the authors see the initial move toward sexual liberation as an important early expression of feminism. However, as they trace its evolution through the institutionalization of new attitudes, they also show how the revolution has been co-opted by both the Christian Right and the sexual marketplace. Now, in the wake of AIDS, a new sexual conservatism encroaches, which encourages women to return to the old values. An essential purchase for most libraries. Beverly Miller, Boise State Univ. Lib., Id .
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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This provocative book reveals how the real sexual revolution was initiated by women -- not men -- and how it transformed both our behavior and our understanding of what sex means in our lives. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 228 pages
• Publisher: Doubleday; 1st edition (August 19, 1986)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0385184980
• ISBN-13: 978-0385184984
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,434,549 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

BARBARA EHRENREICH is the author of fourteen books, including the bestselling Nickel and Dimed and Bait and Switch. She lives in Virginia, USA.

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2 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a intressting look at american culture since the beatles, August 8, 2009

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SARAH LAROCQUE "sincere art lover" (Santa Fe, NM USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Re-Making Love: The Feminization Of Sex (Paperback)

the author looks at the influenses that have changed the way american women look at there sexuality since the 50's to resent years. it starts with the beatles (the british band that stoped performing for fear of being torn apart by lust craved adalesent girls) I'm sorry I can't remeber much more than that. but it was used as a text book in my "eros and pollitics" college class. Taught by Richard Bank. it is a very good book for provocing discusion. I recomend other teachers use it in their discusion classes about american culture, sex and feminism.
the auther explanes that while the mens sex revolution has been well documented, the womens sexual revolution is more sutal( excuse spelling ) and is still going on.