Pleasure Wars
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Pleasure Wars is a historical and cultural study by Peter Gay that examines changing Western attitudes toward pleasure, sexuality, and bourgeois life.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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historical study ⓘ non-fiction book ⓘ |
| author | Peter Gay ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| examines |
bourgeois values and private life
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historical debates over pleasure and restraint ⓘ relationship between pleasure and morality in Western societies ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy |
European history
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cultural studies ⓘ history of sexuality ⓘ modern history ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
bourgeois life
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changing Western attitudes toward pleasure ⓘ changing Western attitudes toward sexuality ⓘ |
| genre |
cultural history
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history ⓘ intellectual history ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
cultural
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historical ⓘ psychohistorical ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
bourgeois morality
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conflict between pleasure and restraint ⓘ modernity and pleasure ⓘ private life and public norms ⓘ sexual liberation and its critics ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
general readers interested in cultural history
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scholars ⓘ students ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Western culture
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bourgeoisie ⓘ cultural attitudes ⓘ pleasure ⓘ sexuality ⓘ social history ⓘ |
| partOf | Peter Gay's studies of the bourgeois experience ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Education of the Senses
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The Bourgeois Experience: Victoria to Freud ⓘ
surface form:
The Bourgeois Experience
The Cultivation of Hatred ⓘ The Naked Heart ⓘ The Tender Passion ⓘ |
| timePeriodCovered |
19th century
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20th century ⓘ modern Western history ⓘ |
| writtenBy |
Peter Gay
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surface form:
Peter Gay, a German-American historian
cultural historian ⓘ historian ⓘ |
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