Sex Roles and Sexuality in Victorian Utopias--The Shakers, the Mormons, and the Oneida Community
by
Louis J. Kern
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2014
An Ordered Love is the first detailed study of sex roles in the utopian communities that proposed alternatives to monogamous marriage: The Shakers (1779-1890), the Mormons (1843-90), and the Oneida Community (1848-79).
The lives of men and women changed substantially when they joined one of...