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4. The Joy of Sex Instruction

Women and Cooking in Marital Sex Manuals, 1920-1963
© 2015 University of Pennsylvania Press, 3905 Spruce Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-4112

© 2015 University of Pennsylvania Press, 3905 Spruce Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-4112

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Introduction 1
  4. 1. Bonbons, Lemon Drops, and Oh Henry! Bars 13
  5. 2. Campbell's Soup and the Long Shelf Life of Traditional Gender Roles 51
  6. 3. "Now Then-Who Said Biscuits?" 69
  7. 4. The Joy of Sex Instruction 95
  8. 5. "The Enchantment of Mixing-Spoons" 119
  9. 6. Home Cooking 139
  10. 7. Processed Foods from Scratch 157
  11. 8. Freeze Frames 175
  12. 9. She Also Cooks 211
  13. 10. "My Kitchen Was the World" 227
  14. 11. "If I Were a Voodoo Priestess" 251
  15. Contributors 271
  16. Index 275
  17. Acknowledgments 285
Kitchen Culture in America
This chapter is in the book Kitchen Culture in America
https://doi.org/10.9783/9781512802887-005

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Introduction 1
  4. 1. Bonbons, Lemon Drops, and Oh Henry! Bars 13
  5. 2. Campbell's Soup and the Long Shelf Life of Traditional Gender Roles 51
  6. 3. "Now Then-Who Said Biscuits?" 69
  7. 4. The Joy of Sex Instruction 95
  8. 5. "The Enchantment of Mixing-Spoons" 119
  9. 6. Home Cooking 139
  10. 7. Processed Foods from Scratch 157
  11. 8. Freeze Frames 175
  12. 9. She Also Cooks 211
  13. 10. "My Kitchen Was the World" 227
  14. 11. "If I Were a Voodoo Priestess" 251
  15. Contributors 271
  16. Index 275
  17. Acknowledgments 285
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