Childhood sexuality, normalization and the social hygiene movement in the Anglophone West, 1900-1935

Social History of Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 56-78

  Egan, R Danielle ^a   Hawkes, Gail ^b  

^a ST LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Childhood; Gender and heterosexuality; Sexual hygiene; Sexuality; Social hygiene

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950529896     PISSN: 0951631X     EISSN: 14774666     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/shm/hkp062     Document Type: Article

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