Hoe hoorde het? Seksualiteit en partnerkeuze in de Nederlandse adviesliteratuur 1780-1890

This study focuses on the rules for sexual behaviour in conduct books, published in the Netherlands between 1780 and 1870. The analysis is based on two types of conduct books: the marriage manual and the conduct book for young adults. At the end of the eighteenth century, both types of books are already well established. At this point in time, however, a variation within the last type is developing: the conduct book for young women. Central to the analysis is the question how the rules for sexual conduct are to be interpreted. This question stems from the juxtaposition of continuity and change... Mehr ...