Reading Alfred C. Kinsey: Sexuality and Discourse in Mid-Century America

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dc.contributor.authorMcCann, Brandy R.en
dc.contributor.committeechairHausman, Bernice L.en
dc.contributor.committeememberCollier, James H.en
dc.contributor.committeememberMollin, Marian B.en
dc.contributor.departmentEnglishen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:34:59Zen
dc.date.adate2005-05-11en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:34:59Zen
dc.date.issued2005-04-18en
dc.date.rdate2005-05-11en
dc.date.sdate2005-05-04en
dc.description.abstractThis project concerns various 20th-century rhetorical strategies for sexual liberation. First, I examine the work of Alfred C. Kinsey through the theories of Louis Althusser and Michel Foucault. In the second chapter I look at Kinsey's Female volume and argue that he uses the mid-century concern for marriage as a strategy for sexual liberation. Next, I trace the ways in which four female, post-Kinsey writers use Kinsey (explicitly or implicitly) for their own particular strategies for sexual liberation. Finally, my conclusion asks how we can develop an effective strategy for this new century.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Artsen
dc.identifier.otheretd-05042005-163234en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05042005-163234/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/32179en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartthesisMcCann.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectWomen Writersen
dc.subjectFeminismen
dc.subjectKinseyen
dc.subjectFemale Sexualityen
dc.subjectSex Educationen
dc.titleReading Alfred C. Kinsey: Sexuality and Discourse in Mid-Century Americaen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplineEnglishen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Artsen

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